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		happyopossum on April 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I legally got scammed for $250 by an upscale a... Or the data was wrong.

dottrap on April 4, 2017 [–]

Most likely the data was wrong. The credit report industry has a 20% error rate.

See the old 60 Minutes investigation on this.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/40-million-mistakes-is-your-cred...

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