Freezing your credit means no company can get access to your credit history. If credit companies can't pre-screen you, you won't get any credit card offers.
> If credit companies can't pre-screen you, you won't get any credit card offers.
Not necessarily true. I have a friend who had a $10k limit credit card opened by someone when their credit was frozen. The company never checked their credit because they recently had a card with them.
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Yes, exactly. I put a promotional block on my file over 20 years ago, and the number of credit card solicitations went to zero. It's never stopped me from obtaining credit whenever I wanted it, though.
That's not at all what it means, unfortunately. A credit freeze stops most hard pulls. That leaves soft pulls and pre-selected offers that can still be used to access the entirety of credit history.
> Does a credit freeze stop prescreened credit offers?
> No. If you want to stop getting prescreened offers of credit, call 888-5OPTOUT (888-567-8688) or go online. The phone number and website are operated by the nationwide credit reporting companies. You can opt out for five years or permanently. However, some companies send offers that are not based on prescreening, and your federal opt-out right will not stop those kinds of solicitations.
