# Trustworthy Credit Consulting Companies?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-credit-consulting-companies/661870>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 25, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-credit-consulting-companies/661870 "2013-06-25T14:01:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-credit-consulting-companies/661870/1 "2013-06-25T14:01:50Z")

</div>

Hello everyone! I have a question. Have any of you dealt with trustworthy credit consulting companies? My sister would like to get in touch with one to talk about her credit and her options and debts and such, but is intimidated by all the scams and the ones that just want to sell you a loan and whatnot.

They don’t necessarily need to be free, IE, she’s willing to pay for good advice. But she just wants to make sure she’s getting good advice and not getting scammed. So we are looking for specific names of companies that you could refer her to based on personal experience.

Thanks all.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-credit-consulting-companies/661870/2 "2013-06-25T14:10:07Z")

</div>

Here’s a list of agencies approved by the DOJ: [LIST OF CREDIT COUNSELING AGENCIES APPROVED PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. § 111 | UST | Department of Justice](http://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/ccde/cc_approved.htm) You can cross-check with members of the [NFCC](http://www.nfcc.org/).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-credit-consulting-companies/661870/3 "2013-06-26T08:53:19Z")

</div>

Thank you 🙂