§ Claim under review · Fact
"The U.S. passed the FCRA law, which (by citing specific codes like 15 U.S. Code 1692c, 1681e(b), 1681b, 1637, 1666b, etc.) allows consumers to permanently remove late payments, collections, charge-offs, medical bills, repossessions, evictions, and child support items from their credit report."
Verdict
Partially accurate but misleading
Confidence
HighSummary
This post takes a real law and stretches it well past what it says. The Fair Credit Reporting Act does give you the right to dispute credit report information that is inaccurate, incomplete or unverifiable, and the credit bureau must then reinvestigate. It does not give anyone a right to permanently delete negative items that are accurate. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau states that accurate negative information generally cannot be removed, and the Federal Trade Commission states that no one can legally remove accurate and current negative information from a credit report. Most negative entries drop off on their own after about seven years under the statute. Several of the code sections listed in the post are not part of the FCRA at all, they come from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Truth in Lending Act, and they do not authorise deletion of credit report entries. The FTC also notes that disputing errors is free and that promises of guaranteed score jumps are a known marker of the credit repair scam category. What cannot be judged from the post is whether any particular person's entries are accurate, since genuinely wrong entries can be disputed and corrected. General information only, not financial advice.
The readings
key figures from the evidencestarting credit score claimed in the scam post
funding amount promised to commenters on the post
Why this verdict
Evidence
The FCRA gives consumers a right to dispute information they believe is inaccurate or incomplete, and it requires a consumer reporting agency to reinvestigate: 15 U.S.C. 1681i covers "Procedure in case of disputed accuracy" and requires reinvestigation when a consumer disputes the completeness or accuracy of an item. What the statute does not contain is a right to delete information that is accurate.
Separately, 15 U.S.C. 1681c sets time limits after which adverse items are excluded from reports, including "Accounts placed for collection or charged to profit and loss" that predate the report by more than seven years, and paid tax liens more than seven years old. So the statutory mechanism for negative items is aging off, not consumer-triggered deletion.
The two federal regulators state the point directly. The CFPB says you generally cannot have negative information removed if it is accurate, and that most negative information stays on the report for seven years, with some types remaining longer. The FTC states that "No one can legally remove accurate and timely negative information from a credit report," and in its FAQ that credit repair companies cannot remove negative information that is accurate and current. The FTC's January 2026 alert repeats that accurate negative information cannot legally be removed for you by a credit repair company, and notes that such companies must provide a written contract explaining rights including a three-day cancellation right, and may not charge before performing services. The FTC also warns that filing an identity theft report to block debts you actually owe is against the law.
Findings
✓ What's accurate 5
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a real federal US law, and it does give consumers rights over the contents of their credit reports.
- The post's caption states the rule correctly in one place: if information is inaccurate or incomplete, a consumer has a right to dispute it. 15 U.S.C. 1681i requires the credit bureau to reinvestigate a disputed item.
- 15 U.S.C. 1681e(b) is a real FCRA provision concerned with the accuracy of consumer reports, and 1681b concerns who may lawfully obtain a report.
- Most adverse items do come off a report with time. 15 U.S.C. 1681c excludes collection and charged-off accounts older than seven years, and the CFPB says most negative information remains about seven years.
- Disputing is free. The FTC states you can ask for an investigation at no charge, and that anything a credit repair company can do legally you can do yourself at little or no cost.
≈ What's misleading 5
- The post's headline claim drops the condition that makes the dispute right real. The right attaches to information that is inaccurate or incomplete. The CFPB states you generally cannot have accurate negative information removed, and the FTC states no one can legally remove accurate and timely negative information. Removing the accuracy condition converts a verification right into a deletion service.
- The claim says the law allows consumers to "permanently remove" seven categories of items. The retrieved statutory text provides reinvestigation of disputed items and automatic ageing off at roughly seven years for most adverse entries. Permanent removal on demand of accurate entries is not in the text and is contradicted by both regulators' guidance.
- Rules are credited to the wrong statutes. 1692c and 1692g belong to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and 1635, 1637 and 1666b belong to the Truth in Lending Act, yet all are presented as components of "the FCRA law" that authorise deletion. Listing a section number beside a category of debt does not make that section a deletion authority.
- The image promises a move from a 500 score to 700 and "250K in funding" to people who comment on the post. No evidence supports a guaranteed score outcome or funding amount, and the FTC's credit repair scam guidance treats promised quick fixes and removal of accurate negative items as hallmarks of the credit repair scam class. The FTC also notes credit repair firms must give a written contract and a three-day cancellation right and may not charge before performing services.
- The post presents the FCRA as something the US recently "passed." The FCRA is longstanding law, and the FTC's own compiled text carries a September 2018 revision date covering decades of amendments. Framing it as new legislation supports the impression that a recently created loophole exists.
? What's uncertain 3
- Whether any individual item in a given person's file is accurate cannot be assessed from a general claim. Genuinely inaccurate, incomplete or unverifiable entries in any of the listed categories can be disputed and can be deleted, so the claim's accuracy for a specific file depends on facts not present in the post.
- The precise scope of the individual FDCPA and TILA sections cited was not retrieved line by line in this check, so the characterisation of each one is stated as background rather than as verified text.
- Child support reporting rules sit in a separate part of the FCRA that was not retrieved here, so the specific treatment of child support entries is not verified beyond the general accuracy principle.
Sources
8 of 8 linked to records15 U.S.C. 1681c, enacted text, Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Fair Credit Reporting Act, compiled statute text published by the FTC (revised September 2018)
CFPB, "Is it possible to remove accurate but negative information from my credit report?"
FTC, "Fixing Your Credit FAQs"
FTC, "Spot the scams when fixing your credit" (consumer alert, January 2026)
FTC, "Credit Repair: How to Help Yourself" consumer PDF
FTC consumer page on credit repair and identity theft blocks
15 U.S.C. 1681i, procedure in case of disputed accuracy