On Tuesday afternoon, consumers took to Twitter to express their frustration over their credit scores on Credit Karma, the personal finance company owned by Intuit. The issue for most wasn't that ...

Credit Karma, a website that offers free credit scores, must pay $3 million over allegations it misrepresented that consumers were “pre-approved” for credit card offers, a government agency says.

The FTC order came after nearly a third of Credit Karma users who were told they qualified for preapproved credit card offers were actually turned down, wasting their time and hurting credit scores.

Credit Karma says its scores are accurate, but are they? Check out our review of Credit Karma's free credit scores and how reliable the service is.