Illinois treasurer visits UI to warn about credit card offers
By Julie Wurth
Wednesday September 10, 2008
URBANA – University of Illinois student Joanna Zahn thought she'd outsmarted a credit card solicitor when she supplied a fake address and Social Security number – all in the quest to get the free Subway sandwich promised in a coupon.
She never got the card, but to her surprise the information showed up on her credit report, and she had to make the effort to close the account and get it off her record.
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