Best way to see credit score?

[davemchine]

My daughter would like to see her credit score. What is the best way for her to do this?

[bobinmurphy]

Credit Karma does a pretty good job and it seems to match up with what credit card companies provide. Signup and use is free.

[graylocks]

davemchine wrote:
My daughter would like to see her credit score. What is the best way for her to do this?

Credit Karma to see a good gauge or get a Discover Card to see the actual score every month.

[Fritz]

Credit Karma and many banks have it available as well and/or FICO.

[Sarcany]

Credit Karma will blast your inbox with thousands of spam messages and sell any info they can harvest from you to all comers. Other sites will enroll you in a monthly plan and bill you a small fortune and will STILL sell all of the info they can harvest from you to other companies.

Often, you can log into the website for your credit card or bank and see your credit score for free without subjecting yourself to that sort of abuse. Check those resources first.

[GGD]

Most of my credit cards have followed Discover's lead and will show you your FICO score and history over the past year or so.

Does she have a credit card where the account is under her name?

[graylocks]

Sarcany wrote:
Credit Karma will blast your inbox with thousands of spam messages and sell any info they can harvest from you to all comers. Other sites will enroll you in a monthly plan and bill you a small fortune and will STILL sell all of the info they can harvest from you to other companies.
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perhaps you need to check your privacy/email settings. i've been with CK for years. I get one email maybe every few weeks just saying there's been a change in your report or something like that. i know they harvest my info but i've not heard from the farmers.

[jdc]

Never seen one spam message from CK.... and I used a junk email account...

Also agree with checking your bank. My banks mobile app has a "My Credit Score" button... takes about 3 seconds to give me a number. I cant vouch for its accuracy, its showing my score 30 points more than CK.

[Sarcany]

graylocks wrote:
perhaps you need to check your privacy/email settings. i've been with CK for years. I get one email maybe every few weeks just saying there's been a change in your report or something like that. i know they harvest my info but i've not heard from the farmers.

It's not Credit Karma directly spamming you. They sell your info to everyone else in creation and tell them you're looking to make expensive purchases (because why else would you be checking your credit score) and facilitate the spam.

If you're not seeing the spam, you've just got a good spam filter.

[graylocks]

Sarcany wrote:
If you're not seeing the spam, you've just got a good spam filter.

then i guess i should thank Apple Mail because I don't see it and it's not even showing up in my Mail junk/spam folder. Thanks, Tim.