Why wrong addresses and names on your report matter
Personal information isn't cosmetic — it's how the bureaus decide what belongs to you.
The personal information section — names, former names, addresses, employers — is the matching key. Every stray variant is another hook for someone else's data to attach to your file, and old addresses you never lived at are a common symptom of a mix or of fraud already in progress.
Cleaning this section is unglamorous and it's usually the right first move. It's low-risk, it's often the easiest thing for a bureau to correct, and it reduces the chance that the next round of bad data finds its way onto your report.
The rest of this is inside the portal
The step-by-step tactics, exact wording, and escalation sequence live in your Fix My Reports workspace, where they're applied to your own report items. Start with a $1 trial, then $50/month — cancel anytime.