TRW A complilation of most accessible materials on the TRW online service
Some portions of this file have been re-edited and copied by RL
However the compilation and re-typing is our own work as well as much
of the material.
Hit Control-G at the prompt and you will get a message saying
"Circuit building in progress"..if you are in a V52 term, you will get a
screen clearing code sent and then see a blank screen(its best to call in
half duplex so you can see what yer typing). If you have an ANSI term up
you will see a prompt that looks like a filled in less than(<) sign.
now you will enter the info required. All you have to enter to pull info
is the first line but i will show all three..this is the way it is done
Enter the geographic regional database code (Base). Here are some examples.
If you have a semi-complete or complete list. PLEASE post it!
TCA1 - Some of California
TCA2 - More of California (southern?)
TNJ1 - New Jersey
TNY1 - New York
TGA1 - Georgia
TMI1 - Michigan
This is to tell it what geographical area the customer is in, it really
doesnt matter which you use, because trw will automatically switch when it
finds the record..
Then the transaction code (TC) types go as follows.
RTS - Most Common
OPX
RTX
(NOTE: TRW will accept an A, C, or S as the 'X' in the transaction code)
Base TC ID(7-8 Character Numeric)(No space)Password(3-4 character alpha-numer
ic) LastName FirstName ...,(house #) (First letter of street name) (Zip Code)
[RETURN] or [RETURN]<control-s> to do a 1 line transaction
(Second line)
Social Security Number, Age [Enter YOB(4 digits eg. 1947],[RETURN]
(Third line)
[EMPLOYERS]Address city zip[RETURN]
Control-S to finish the transaction.
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Common Addresses
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All addresses have 3 basic parts:
1. House Number - If the house number is more than eight digits,
type the last eight digits.
2. Street Initial
3. Five Digit Zip Code
EXAMPLE: 1615 ROLLING ROAD
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK 10823
YOU WOULD ENTER : 1615 R 10823
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Street Names
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Always convert numbered street names to numeric. Type the first
digit of the number as the street initial.
EXAMPLE: 310 THIRTY SECOND AVE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10031
You would type: 310 3 10031
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P.O. Box Numbers
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Always use the number of the box as the house number. Also use
the # sign as the street initial.
EXAMPLE: BOX 329
DETROIT, MI 48221
You would type: 329 # 48221
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Telephone Numbers
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TRW has a sevice that will print out all known phone numbers that
the person has. This should be of use to people needing someones
phone number.
To use this feature you must input the information at the
end of the SSN# in this format. SSN#<9 DIGITS>,K-PH.
This will give you the report called direct check phone listing.
Example:
(return)
TRW
Control-G
Circuit building in progress...
TCA1 RTS 1234567OS5 SMITH JOHN S...,3123 H 37923<Ctrl S><return>
That is the one line version. Here is a rundown of that transaction
TCA1 = Regional Database Preamble
RTS = Transaction Code
1234567 = TRW Account
OS5 = Password
Smith John = Last/First name
H = Middle Initial
3123 = Street Number
H = First letter of street name
37923 = Zip code.
TMI1 RTS 9999999XXX Smith John ...,384 R 81738[RETURN]
111-11-1111, 1943[RETURN]
Ripper Jack/324 Clondike St. Montizula Canada 38217[Ctrl-S]
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Below is a list of TRW business terminology. You will find these inside
account folders you pull. These will of be of use to you in figuring out
what exactly the hell you are reading!
Term Explanation
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Legal Legal Involvement
Collect Collection Account
Writ-Off Account Written Off
NSF Not Sufficient Funds
Lease Default Lease Default
Liens Liens
Repo Repossessed
RFC Refused Further Credit
Not Pay AA Not Paying as Agreed
Cia-Our-Req Cash in Advance-Our Request
Was Pastdue Account was Past Due
Was Problem Problems In the Past
CIA Cash in Advance
Adj.Bureau Adjustment Bureau
COD Cash on Delivery
COD Cusreq COD Customer Request
New Owner Recent Ownership Change
Hldg-Ord Holding Orders
Secured Secured Account
Discount Discount
Improving Improving
Unr-Disc Unearned Discount Taken
X-Deduct Unauthorized Deductions
Ref Fin Chg Refused Finance Charge
Satsftry Satisfactory Account
Bond Satis Bonding Satisfactory
Prompt Pays Promptly
Exlent Acct Excellent Account
1st Sale First Sale
21 Dys Late 21 Days Late
14 Dys Late 14 Days Late
7 Dys Late 7 Days Late
Exc Disc Excessive Discount Taken
Dispute Dispute Invoice
Prod Complt Product Complaint
Consol Note Consolidation Note
Ltd.Exp Limited Experience
Note Pays By Note
Floor Plan Floor Plan Account
Trd-Acpt Pays by Trade Acceptance
Ern Disc Earned Discount Taken
Job Complet Job Completed
Unfl-Ord Unfilled Orders
Installment Installment Account
New Account New Account
Consignment Sell on Consignment
Retention Retention
Multi Locate Multiple Locations Comments not Available
ADS XXX Average Days Slow
Sold XXX Yrs Number of Years Sold
DDWA XXX Dollar-Days Weighted Average
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Payment Terms
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Term Explanation
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Net X Net Due in X Days
Net Eom Net amount due by the end of the month
Net Prx Net amount due on the 1st of the following month
N10 Prxo Net due within 10 days of the first of the following month
N10 Eom Net due within 10 days of the end of the month
X/10 N15 X Percentage discount if paid in 10 days or total amount
due in 15 days
X/15 N30 X percentage discount if paid in 15 days or total amount
due in 30 days
X/30 N45 X percentage discount if paid in 30 days or total amount
due in 45 days
X/10 Eom X percentage discount if paid in 10 days or total amount
due at the end of the month
X/15 Eom X percentage discount if paid in 15 days or total amount
due at the end of the month
X/10 Prx X percentage discount if paid in 10 days, otherwise due on
the first of the following month
X/15 Prx X percentage discount if paid in 15 days, otherwise due on
the first of the following month
X/Eom X percentage discount if paid by end of month
X/Prox X percentage discount if paid by the first of the following
month
Cs Dis Discount in return for payment before final due date.
Tr Dis Reduction of the selling price and is always available to the
customer regardless of the lateness of the payment
Special Special terms offered by seller
Contrct As stated in contract
Varied Offers several different terms
Roi Remit on receipt of invoice
D/S Draft Payable at sight
D/O Draft with order
COD Cash on Delivery
COD-Req COD at seller's request
CIA Cash in advance
CIA-Req CIA at seller's request
CWO Cash with order
NET Balance Due
Multi Customer has more than one way of paying
Note Written promise to pay at a specific time
Cash Cash only
TRW uses standardized codes and abreviations for type aaf account inside
of the report. Below is a list of the most common ones found.
Type Abbrec Explanation
00 AUT Auto
01 UNS Unsecured
02 SEC Secured
03 P/S Partially secured
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04 H/I Home improvement
05 FHA FHA home improvement
06 ISC Installment sales contract
07 CHG Charge account
08 RVE Real estate specific type unknown
terms are in years
09 SCO Secured by co-signer
10 BUS Business
11 REC Recreational merchandise
12 EDU Educational
13 LEA Lease
14 COM Co-Maker
15 C/C Credit check or line of credit
16 F/C FHA Co-Maker
17 M/H Mobile home
18 CRC Credit Card
TRW uses standardized ordering for its account numbers. Below is a list
of the common account prefixes and what they mean.
First Digit SECOND DIGIT
1.....TRW Eastern Region 0.....Public Record
2.....TRW Midwestern Region 1.....Bank
3.....TRW Western Region 2.....Bank credit card
4.....Inquiries from Broker's customers 3.....Retail
6.....Other credit reporting agencies 4.....Credit Card
with eastern region and comm- 5.....Loan Finance
ercial credit subscribers 6.....Sales Finance
7.....Other credit agencies within 7.....Credit Union
western region. 8.....Savings & Loans
8....." Same as above " 9.....Service & Profess
