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    <title>topic Re: FICO vs. FAKO in Understanding FICO® Scoring</title>
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    <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/545279"&gt;@lundungurl&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have my credit report and "plus score" which I got from freecredit report dot com. Are these FAKO scores? I think they must be because they included the report and score from EX which I'm hearing is not available to the consumer anymore. So, the reports and scores from myfico are the true scores? If so, I'll have to get my EQ and TU scores from here. Thanks for clarification on this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;That is correct, freecreditreport.com sells FAKO scores.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Any time that you buy a score and it doesn't explictly say FICO, you can assume that it is a FAKO score.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MyFICO sells TU and EQ FICO scores.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You can also buy your FICO score directly from Equifax I believe, but they also sell FAKO scores too, so you have to be careful what you are buying.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>pizzadude</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-02-15T01:25:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>FICO vs. FAKO</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Understanding-FICO-Scoring/FICO-vs-FAKO/m-p/1224551#M60573</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hello all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have my credit report and "plus score" which I got from freecredit report dot com. Are these FAKO scores? I think they must be because they included the report and score from EX which I'm hearing is not available to the consumer anymore. So, the reports and scores from myfico are the true scores? If so, I'll have to get my EQ and TU scores from here. Thanks for clarification on this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:51:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lundungurl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T22:51:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: FICO vs. FAKO</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Understanding-FICO-Scoring/FICO-vs-FAKO/m-p/1224827#M60579</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/545279"&gt;@lundungurl&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have my credit report and "plus score" which I got from freecredit report dot com. Are these FAKO scores? I think they must be because they included the report and score from EX which I'm hearing is not available to the consumer anymore. So, the reports and scores from myfico are the true scores? If so, I'll have to get my EQ and TU scores from here. Thanks for clarification on this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;That is correct, freecreditreport.com sells FAKO scores.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Any time that you buy a score and it doesn't explictly say FICO, you can assume that it is a FAKO score.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MyFICO sells TU and EQ FICO scores.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You can also buy your FICO score directly from Equifax I believe, but they also sell FAKO scores too, so you have to be careful what you are buying.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Understanding-FICO-Scoring/FICO-vs-FAKO/m-p/1224827#M60579</guid>
      <dc:creator>pizzadude</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-02-15T01:25:20Z</dc:date>
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