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Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:05:08 GMT

Hello. I was windering if anyone uses Citi IdentityMonitor and had thoughts on the service? I see there is a low cost offer floating around, is this legit?

I'm not rebuilding or applying for credit more interested in the monitoring service. Also, don't care that scores are not FICO. Thanks!

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

mirachi — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:48:46 GMT

I just got the service myself so from what I can tell:

PROS

info is presented in a very clear way
tells you ownership status of accounts
from what I can tell, scores shown is very close to the one AMEX pulled (at most would be ~10 points off) (ofc, YMMV)

CONS

doesn't have graph/pie charts to show UTIL and/or account break down
doesn't give UTIL in percentages (it just tells you the balance & total CL for the card -- doesn't give % used for each individual card nor total % used across all accounts)
doesn't give hard INQ number (again, it'll show who HP your report but you have to manually count them up)

Note: I was previously using Experian's monitoring service (scores were off ~30 points?); was also playing around with Credit Karma (TU based; loved the graphs and everything but they were missing my oldest account so my AAoA looked horrible...)

EDIT: I'm not sure if I'm reading it properly but I think it might be free for all Citi cc holders? (at least for the Dividend and Forward -- under the benefit builder, you can add that as an option)

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

sosabe77 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:02:27 GMT

There are definitely better monitors out there, especially with their promotion rates.

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:53:47 GMT

@mirachi wrote:

I just got the service myself so from what I can tell:

PROS
info is presented in a very clear way
tells you ownership status of accounts
from what I can tell, scores shown is very close to the one AMEX pulled (at most would be ~10 points off) (ofc, YMMV)

CONS
doesn't have graph/pie charts to show UTIL and/or account break down
doesn't give UTIL in percentages (it just tells you the balance & total CL for the card -- doesn't give % used for each individual card nor total % used across all accounts)
doesn't give hard INQ number (again, it'll show who HP your report but you have to manually count them up)

Note: I was previously using Experian's monitoring service (scores were off ~30 points?); was also playing around with Credit Karma (TU based; loved the graphs and everything but they were missing my oldest account so my AAoA looked horrible...)

EDIT: I'm not sure if I'm reading it properly but I think it might be free for all Citi cc holders? (at least for the Dividend and Forward -- under the benefit builder, you can add that as an option)

I hope thats true, I just got the DIvidend and another free cms on top of CK would be nice. once I get my card in the mail later this week, I will report back.

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

Bdj1 — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:56:34 GMT

I got them for 4.95 a month with an employee code.

I like that they are closest to your actual fico scores, in my experience.

Not perfect as one of the above comments state, but for the price and that you can actually use this credit report for disputes..... I think it's the best overall deal.

When I need an update ill subscribe here for 3 months to track the official score if need be.

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

HiLine — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:27:24 GMT

Their alerts always come to me first. Timeliness is a big plus for this service.

A big minus is they do not have a score tracking tool. They also don't let you view past reports.

5 bucks for the monitoring of all 3 reports is worth it IMO.

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:31:29 GMT

Just got my Citi Dividend card in today, after activating it, I called and asked about the IdentityMonitor and was told it costs 13 dollars a month

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

HiLine — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:44:00 GMT

A better deal is the same service for $4.95 a month.

Re: Citi IdentityMonitor anyone ?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 01:24:42 GMT

I tried the employee link, but I'm unable to get the $4.95 deal. It was working a few months ago and it took me right to the $4.95 sign up.

Whoever has it, please PM me the link.

ETA: Nevermind. Just click the "Buy Now" link at the bottom (or top, I just clicked the bottom one).