I was on craigslist looking for a new place to live. I found one place that seemed amazing, so I sent an email expressing interest. I was told that due to other tenants not paying rent in the past, a credit report was required. I was provided a link that would give me a free credit report instantly. I followed the link to where it asked for some personal information that I figured needed to be given to do the report, however, when I tried to use the "coupon code" I was given, a pop-up said that I had already used that code to get my free report, and now I was going to be charged $28.xx for the report, plus another $8 processing fee, and another $8 to mail my report. I then left the web page, but was suspicious, since it asked for credit card information, so I googled the site, and a bunch of complaints came up regarding fake charges processed to credit cards. Since this all happened tonight, I have to wait until morning to call my credit card company to make sure that no purchases get processed from them, but so far nothing has shown up. Don't fall for it like I did!!! If something seems too good to be true, it usually is!!!
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