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A study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (www.uspirg.org) found that 79% of all credit reports contained Serious Errors, False Delinquencies and/or Accounts that did not belong to the consumer - that could result in the DENIAL of Credit, a Loan, or even a Job.
Among The Survey's Credit Report Accuracy Findings:
• Seventy-nine percent (79%) of the credit reports contained serious errors - false delinquencies or accounts that did not belong to the consumer - that could result in the denial of credit.
• Forty-one percent (41%) of the credit reports contained personal demographic identifying information that was misspelled, long-outdated, belonged to a stranger, or was otherwise incorrect.
• Twenty percent (20%) of the credit reports were missing major credit, loan, mortgage, or other consumer accounts that demonstrate the creditworthiness of the consumer.
• Twenty-six percent (26%) of the credit reports contained credit accounts that had been closed by the consumer but incorrectly remained listed as open.
• Altogether (87%) of the credit reports contained either serious errors or other mistakes of some kind.
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