Potential landlord scam?
Services like ClearScore provide free credit scores. You do have to sign up and give personal details, but the service is free. Never click on a link provided to you without knowing why you are being asked and where the link is supposed to take you. If in doubt always type in the company name yourself, rather than use a link. Most Scam links look a bit like a real web-address but can contain extra characters or parts to the domain name, so it is always worth comparing the link to the actual website to check.
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When a potential landlord sends you a link to get a credit score and I have to pay to get that score, is that a scam? I had a potential landlord ask me to buy a transunion credit score and a background check with a link they provided me. I feel so stupid. But I want to know if…