fraudulent subscriptions

ComplaintsHealth & BeautyElle, Martha Stewart Weddings, Seventeen

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don't want magazines
Country: United States
For some reason I have been receiving magazines (Elle, Martha Stewart Weddings, Seventeen) for which  I never subscribed.  I do not currently have any subscriptions.  I have asked these magazines to stop it but they keep coming and new ones are continually added.  This is fraud and must stop.

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    You're dealing with..
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    a fraudulent magazine marketer.  They attempt to find a likely sucker, maybe buy sucker lists (if you've ordered products "advertised in TV infomercials", you may be on one), and just make up "subscriptions".  Usually it's some third party marketer, but the publisher should cut them off if they get complaints of fraud.  Notify the publishers in writing that you never ordered the "subscriptions" and they are fraudulent.  If you start getting bills, file fraud complaints with FTC, your state AG, and the US Postal Inspector, and notify the publishers of the mail fraud complaints.
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      The reason.. replies to You're dealing with..
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      that it looks like a fraudulent marketer (as compared to, say, a disgruntled neighbor) is that the magazines are not so much harassing, but chosen to fit a profile.  That's what these scam agencies do, in the hopes of hitting some unsophisticated sucker who they can intimidate into paying the "subscriptions" after several months of magazines arrive.  You might check with the publishers to see what company submitted the "subscriptions" as the scam outfits are pretty well known.
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        They've already shown.. replies to The reason..
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        that they feel free to pile on additional "subscriptions", getting ready to treat your wallet as their own.  Their next move will likely be some strange bill, probably from a generic sounding "magazine" company (not the actual publisher), with an amount inflated by multiple magazines, extended subscriptions, and rates higher than the publishers' rates, followed by threatening calls.
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          One form of the con.. replies to They've already shown..
          uses "subscriptions" inflated to above $1000, and threats, to attempt to coerce a "settlement" for $300 to $400, just to "cancel" these "uncancellable subscriptions".  The magazines might even be freebe publisher samples, which are common in the industry.

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