Finally, a Consumer Reports study confirms what I’ve unfortunately known all along: There are plenty of fake “free” credit report web sites out there. They cropped up as soon as our right to a free credit report each year from each of the three credit bureaus became law.

The only place for your truly free credit report is: www.annualcreditreport.com.
But I’ve heard from scores of people over the years who somehow ended up at a suspiciously similar named site and prompted to buy something or pay a fee.

Annualusacreditreport.com anyone?

It reminds me of one of my all-time favorite Sesame Street skits (watch it).

Kermit the Frog goes into a t-shirt shop to pick up a shirt that says “Kermit the Frog,” only to be presented with a t-shirt saying “Kermit the Gorf.”

Now that you’ve watched it: Anyone think Kermit has a Minnesotan accent?

“I’m Kermit the Frog and I want my free annual credit report!”

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