By calling the toll free number (888) 567-8688, you can choose to stop receiving “prescreened” offers of credit from companies that subscribe to the four major credit reporting companies in the United States, like Equifax. You can do it for yourself and for other members of your household. It is good for five years.

The rewards are less junk mail to shred, less paper to the land fills, fewer trees felled and fewer opportunities for crooks to gain access to your good credit.