topic Re: Joint cc with mom! in Credit Cards

Joint cc with mom!

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:20:33 GMT

My mom put me on her capital one card to increase and improve my cs and fico score. Never actually gave me card to use but still showed up on credit report. Now two years later she has card maxed out and it shows on my cr. What should I do? I cant close bc its her card, can I asked to be removed from card. Please help

Re: Joint cc with mom!

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:36:58 GMT

Ask her to remove you from the card. If that doesn't work, dispute the with the CRA's let them know it's not your account.

Re: Joint cc with mom!

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:54:12 GMT

Are you joint, or are you a authorized user?

Re: Joint cc with mom!

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:20:11 GMT

Im not sure but im assuming authorized bc my mom already had the cc. There is cc with my name on it- its just filed away and i dont use it. If it were joint i would have filled out an application right and I did not do that.I have a chase and theyve reduced my CL. Theres a 0 balance but i guess the almost maxed card is affecting credit score. I hope they will remove me

Re: Joint cc with mom!

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:25:44 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Im not sure but im assuming authorized bc my mom already had the cc. There is cc with my name on it- its just filed away and i dont use it. If it were joint i would have filled out an application right and I did not do that.I have a chase and theyve reduced my CL. Theres a 0 balance but i guess the almost maxed card is affecting credit score. I hope they will remove me

VERY EASY WAY to find out if you are a "joint" or "Au". If you are a "JOINT" then you are jointly responsible for the account BUT also have full access to it, meaning you can remove someone as an Au user. Call the CC Issuer and see how much access they give you to acct info. You have the right to ask for additional cards, CLI's, etc, BUT a "AU" does not, as they are not contractually liable.

Some cards have though, went after AU's for THEIR CHARGES if the primary cardholder defaults.

Re: Joint cc with mom!

FocusOnFICO — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:34:35 GMT

Blue----sorry to read this. If you pull your credit scores/reports, you will see the account and whether it's classified as a joint account. Others have discovered that they have been put on accounts (without even signing papers)---so don't trust until you know for sure.

Follow the advice given on the above posts, and read the other threads about building credit and follow that good advice, too.

Re: Joint cc with mom!

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:35:23 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Im not sure but im assuming authorized bc my mom already had the cc. There is cc with my name on it- its just filed away and i dont use it. If it were joint i would have filled out an application right and I did not do that.I have a chase and theyve reduced my CL. Theres a 0 balance but i guess the almost maxed card is affecting credit score. I hope they will remove me

Your Credit Report will show "Responsibility" and then either say "Joint" or "Authorized User"

If you are only Authorized, then you can dispute the account as "not mine" and you can also request to be removed from the account from CapOne.