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Strivingfor800
Established Member

MyFico Icons in 3B Report

An old Verizon account is listed by Equifax and Transunion with a credit card icon and by Experian with a car icon. I’m assuming that means that Experian has my account type incorrectly categorized. What should I do?
Thanks.

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thornback
Senior Contributor

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

You should first confirm that it's incorrect on your Experian report and not just a misreading/mislabeling by myFICO's fluff software. You can do this by using Experian's free score/report service or by pulling your free annual report from https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action

If it is, indeed, incorrect, then you can dispute the miscatagorization with Experian.
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Strivingfor800
Established Member

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

Thank you!

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thornback
Senior Contributor

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

You're welcome! Just want to note - if this is a derogatory account, it may not be worth disputing because any new updates to correct it could result in a scoring penalty from making the derog look newer... just please keep that in mind.

If the account is in good standing there should be no issue with disputing.
Personal Aphorism:"Forget What You Feel, Remember What You Deserve"
Starting FICO 8s | 09/2017: EX 641 ✦ EQ 634 ✦ TU 647
Current FICO 8s | 04/2022: EX 796 ✦ EQ 793 ✦ TU 790
Current FICO 9s | 04/2022: EX 790 ✦ EQ 788 ✦ TU 782
2022 Goal Score | 800s

My AAoA:
4.6 years not incl. AU / 4.9 years incl. AU
My AoOA: 9.2 years not incl. AU / 11.2 years incl. AU
Inquiries: EX 0/12 ✦ EQ 0/12 ✦ TU 0/12
Report Status: Clean
Garden Status:  


Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.
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Strivingfor800
Established Member

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

It appears that you are right, it is a glitch in the MyFico algorithm.

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thornback
Senior Contributor

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

Surprise, surprise... lol. myFICO is glitchy like that...
Personal Aphorism:"Forget What You Feel, Remember What You Deserve"
Starting FICO 8s | 09/2017: EX 641 ✦ EQ 634 ✦ TU 647
Current FICO 8s | 04/2022: EX 796 ✦ EQ 793 ✦ TU 790
Current FICO 9s | 04/2022: EX 790 ✦ EQ 788 ✦ TU 782
2022 Goal Score | 800s

My AAoA:
4.6 years not incl. AU / 4.9 years incl. AU
My AoOA: 9.2 years not incl. AU / 11.2 years incl. AU
Inquiries: EX 0/12 ✦ EQ 0/12 ✦ TU 0/12
Report Status: Clean
Garden Status:  


Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.
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Strivingfor800
Established Member

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

I have a really basic question: Where do I go to create my signature that will appear at the bottom of my posts?

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thornback
Senior Contributor

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

Settings > Personal > Personal Information > Signature

You can type what you want to show there...

Go to the SmorgasBoard for posts about adding credit card pics and badges and stuff...

https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/SmorgasBoard/bd-p/smorgasboard
Personal Aphorism:"Forget What You Feel, Remember What You Deserve"
Starting FICO 8s | 09/2017: EX 641 ✦ EQ 634 ✦ TU 647
Current FICO 8s | 04/2022: EX 796 ✦ EQ 793 ✦ TU 790
Current FICO 9s | 04/2022: EX 790 ✦ EQ 788 ✦ TU 782
2022 Goal Score | 800s

My AAoA:
4.6 years not incl. AU / 4.9 years incl. AU
My AoOA: 9.2 years not incl. AU / 11.2 years incl. AU
Inquiries: EX 0/12 ✦ EQ 0/12 ✦ TU 0/12
Report Status: Clean
Garden Status:  


Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.
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Strivingfor800
Established Member

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report

Thanks again.

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Cindy_FICO
Administrator Emeritus

Re: MyFico Icons in 3B Report


@Strivingfor800 wrote:
An old Verizon account is listed by Equifax and Transunion with a credit card icon and by Experian with a car icon. I’m assuming that means that Experian has my account type incorrectly categorized. What should I do?
Thanks.

Where are you seeing this and would you be able to send me a screenshot? 

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