How to Remove a Name Permanently From Pre-Approved Credit Card Offers
- 1). Check your junk mail to see whose name is being solicited. If you are married, the prescreened offers could be for one spouse or for both of you. You will need the full name and Social Security number of every person in your home that should be removed from the credit bureaus' solicitation lists.
- 2). Go online to the Optoutprescreen website, (see Resources below) and follow directions to permanently remove your name (as well as anyone else in your household that should be removed). There will be an offer to remove you name temporarily for five years, but you want to select being removed for a lifetime. (Print off the signature form, one for each person, to mail in for the lifetime request.). This will permanently take your name (and the names of other persons in your household) off of the leads lists that credit bureaus sell to companies who solicit business.
- 3). Call the national "Opt Out" phone number if you do not have Internet access. Call (888) 567-8688 and follow the prompts to opt out for a lifetime. You will need to request a signature form for each person that is "opting out," which will be sent to you. When the form arrives, fill in the needed information and mail it back to the address provided.