revheck said:theman2 said:revheck said:I sent in Freeze letter to Experian 10 days ago and want to do an AOR on Monday.

Is there a way to confirm the freeze is in effect, other than waiting for Exp letter with unfreeze PIN?
For example, shouldn't I see a new alert in my TrueCredit report? Nothing there, so far.Try requesting a credit report through http://www.experian.com/reportaccess/. The day my report was frozen, it started coming up with a notice stating that I would have to request my report to be mailed to me.

I just tried requesting my free annual credit report, and got the same response, so looks like freeze is in effect.

However, I also just got letter from Experian today saying that they have "removed [my] name from our preapproved credit offer mailing lists for five years." No mention of security freeze, or unfreeze pin. Looks like they sent me the wrong form letter. Did anyone else receive
same form letter? In addition to unfreeze pin?

My letter says nothing about removing me from the pre-approved list, maybe you can just go to that website.

OPT in pre-screened

I just did it just in case. It says it takes 5 days.

EDIT: link fixed, it add the HTTP(S) sometimes, I don't know why I didn't click on the (S) link.

I plan on sending my Request to Freeze Experian tomorrow, but who did folks that have done this before make the check out to if you had to pay a fee? I live in DC and the fee is $10.58 and I'm assuming I just write a check to Experian but want to make sure that's correct.

jevon90 said:I plan on sending my Request to Freeze Experian tomorrow, but who did folks that have done this before make the check out to if you had to pay a fee? I live in DC and the fee is $10.58 and I'm assuming I just write a check to Experian but want to make sure that's correct.

I just made it out to experian.

I apologize if this was asked already, but has anyone had any luck with signing up for AMEX CreditSecure with a frozen Experian report? I didn't think it would matter one way or another, but apparently I cant even sign up with just my EXP frozen. With PrivacyMatters it was no problem, I just get blank data for EXP.

I suppose I can unfreeze just to sign up and take another $5 hit, but I'd hate for it to not let me pull any of the reports again once I re-froze.

theman2 said:Auream said:I apologize if this was asked already, but has anyone had any luck with signing up for AMEX CreditSecure with a frozen Experian report? I didn't think it would matter one way or another, but apparently I cant even sign up with just my EXP frozen. With PrivacyMatters it was no problem, I just get blank data for EXP.

I suppose I can unfreeze just to sign up and take another $5 hit, but I'd hate for it to not let me pull any of the reports again once I re-froze.I had AMEX creditsecure before I did the freeze. It is able to refresh my Experian report with no problem.
Have you tried calling them to see if they can sign you up over the phone?

I tried and they would not. They also claimed that they will not be able to display any of the three reports if Experian is frozen. However, if you sign up for the business version (which includes personal reports as well) and then freeze Experian, you should continue to be able to access business reports. I have just removed the freeze for now.

theman2 said:I had AMEX creditsecure before I did the freeze. It is able to refresh my Experian report with no problem.

That's been my experience as well.

I am in, too.

Advice for those who are about to do this. Before freezing, save available reports so you have an idea what you EX report looked like because it will not be reported anywhere else.

Has anybody had any success getting AMEX to pull from another bureau that's not Experian? I recently applied for an AMEX Starwood Business card with my Experian Frozen. and it was immediately declined(CSR said he couldn't pull from another bureau as the app was already declined so I would have to reapply and likely unfreeze EXP). I would appreciate any details on how this was done if it has been.

LH2004 said:[I have had personal CreditSecure for a long time. It has refused to pull anything since I froze Experian a few days ago. Random question - do you have any am3x cards?

CreditSecure on my AMEX Cash Rebate (green) card; NY; fails completely since I froze.