Do you receive telephone calls or direct mail with offers of credit or insurance that you did not request? Sometimes right after you applied for credit with another company? There is a reason. Creditors and insurers will set criteria for consumers they would like to contact. The criteria utilizes information held in individual credit files, including credit scores, and helps establish suitability and creditworthiness of the consumer. The consumer contact information for individuals that meet the creditor/insurer standards is then purchased from a Credit Reporting Agency and used to make offers to you.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) allows the use of Credit Reporting Agency information by creditors and insurers to make unsolicited offers of credit or insurance only if the offer is a firm offer of credit as outlined by the FCRA.
If you feel that you would not like to receive prescreened offers you may opt out of receiving them. After opting out, you may opt back in at any time via the same methods. To opt out, you can go online, call or mail in your request.
888.567.8688
OR
www.optoutprescreen.com
If you would like to mail your request to opt out, you must contact each credit agency individually:
Opt Out
P.O. Box 919
Allen, TX 75013
Name Removal Option
P.O. Box 505
Woodlyn, PA 19094
Options
P.O. Box 740123
Atlanta, GA 30374-0123
P.O. Box 495
Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0495
Calling the opt-out line or visiting the website will stop the prescreened solicitations that are based on lists from the major consumer reporting companies. You may continue to get solicitations for credit and insurance based on lists from other sources. For example, opting out won't end solicitations from local merchants, religious and charitable associations, professional and alumni associations, and companies with which you already conduct business. To stop mail from groups like these — as well as mail addressed to "occupant" or "resident" — you must contact each source directly.
www.dmachoice.org
DMA Mail Preference Service
P.O. Box 643
Carmel, NY 10512
www.donotcall.gov
888.382.1222