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How to stop pre-approved credit and insurance offers
Credit bureaus sell lists of people who qualify for credit or insurance offers. OptOutPrescreen, run by the credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, Innovis and TransUnion), stops those prescreened offers for five years online, or for good by mail. It's free.
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Steps
- Type optoutprescreen.com into your browser yourself (it asks for personal details, so don't follow links in emails or ads) and choose "Click Here to Opt-In or Opt-Out".
- Choose the five-year electronic opt-out, or the permanent opt-out.
- Fill in your name and address. The Social Security number and date of birth fields are optional, though giving them helps match your file.
- For the permanent opt-out, print the Permanent Opt-Out Election form it gives you, sign it and mail it.
If that doesn't work
You can do the same by phone at 1-888-5-OPT-OUT (1-888-567-8688), and opt back in the same way later.
Afterward
Mark it removed once you get the confirmation. The five-year opt-out runs out, so the tracker reminds you in five years.
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