FTC Takes on FreeCreditReport.com With Catchy Ads of Its Own

March 10th, 2009 · No Comments Print This Article

It’s hard to forget, especially when you try to get it out of your head: that FreeCreditReport.com jingle just keeps going around and around. But government regulators say the song is better than the service. The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection warns FreeCreditReport.com isn’t really free at all.

To better prove its point, the agency just created some funny videos of its own — parodies of the popular FreeCreditReport.com ads. One of the ads features a credit-conscious young man in an apartment, the other shows the guy at his job in an Irish restaurant.

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