The FTC Strikes Back at FreeCreditReport.com
By now, there can't many who haven't been subjected to those insipid FreeCreditReport.com commercials featuring a silly boy band singing ditties about identity theft. But beyond the nuisance factor, these ubiquitous ads are also misleading countless consumers into signing up for credit reports that are anything but free.
As we pointed out in a recent post, there's only one true free credit report site, and that's Annual Credit Report.com.
It seems the Federal Trade Commission has gotten sick of those commercials as well, and decided the best way to fight back at the disinformation campaign was to give them a taste of their own medicine. The lyrics are as catchy as the ads they're lampooning, and more importantly, they're true.
We've embedded one of them below, and you can watch the other one here. As the FTC notes: Anyone can write a catchy jingle, but only AnnualCreditReport.com provides you with a truly free credit report. It's the only authorized source to get your free credit report under federal law."