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FICO vs Plus Score

Hello! Yesterday I pulled my credit score from Experian using their system. I was given a score of 683. I tried to get a credit increase on my oldest account, and was declined and told I had a score of 608. Because of the difference, I had them pull a new report, which showed a 618. I'm a bit confused on the huge difference, especially since I paid Experian 50$ to pull back my reports. Can someone fill me in on the huge difference? It seems the FICO score here is the closest to being what lenders receive; can I dispute this? Any advice is welcome. Thanks, --William
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smallfry
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@Anonymous wrote:
Hello! Yesterday I pulled my credit score from Experian using their system. I was given a score of 683. I tried to get a credit increase on my oldest account, and was declined and told I had a score of 608. Because of the difference, I had them pull a new report, which showed a 618. I'm a bit confused on the huge difference, especially since I paid Experian 50$ to pull back my reports. Can someone fill me in on the huge difference? It seems the FICO score here is the closest to being what lenders receive; can I dispute this? Any advice is welcome. Thanks, --William


The Experian Plus score that I received late March was 34 points higher than my Experian FICO that I pulled two days ago. However my Experian FICO is 25 points higher than my EX FAKO score. Make sense? Nothing has changed.
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Anonymous
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Not shure, what score lenders will pull, but indeed my EX Plus score is the lowest of all.
 
Highest one is TU, but via Treu Credit(FAKO)
 
When pulled from MF, numbers are not so different, all 3 and much closer together, but still EX as the lowest and Tu as the highest.
 
My wife has a same situation, maybe even more extreme.
 
Her EX on MF is like 30 points lower than other two.
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Tuscani
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Lenders pull FICOs. Ignore any other scores (aka FAKOs).
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Anonymous
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Yeah ignore Fako's.  My EX fico score is 649 while my Ex plus score is 713 !
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MercyMe
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So true, so true.  If your Equifax Ficos are okay -- everything else is, too -- or so has been my experience.  Smiley Wink
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Anonymous
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You are right and I was not clear.
What I meant is I do not know wich of the 3 will they pull, but shure they will be FICO.
Smiley Happy
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