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Television ads for the site feature humorous depictions of singing, costumed identity theft victims. They could have avoided the ensuing problems, the ads claim, if they had checked their credit reports on FreeCreditReport.com. In 2005, the FTC filed suit against the site and has collected more than $1 million in fines for deceptive marketing tactics.

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