Victim Location 28079
Total money lost $25
Type of a scam Other
A sale person came into my house to sale me some magazines subscription. He told me he works for this company who will provides him with a better job opportunity and $1000 cash if accumulates some credits by selling those magazines. The guy looks very professional and legitimate. Since he had a speech impediment and this job would provide him the opportunity to get a real job I bought a magazine subscription which I paid with a check for $60. I have a child with disabilities and I know how hard is for them to get a job that was the reason I bought it. He gave me a receipt that looks very legitimate. Then I wanted to show my son what I bought I went to the website and it doesn’t exist. I called several time and no one answer the phone and a recorded voice same they are attending some one else please call again, but it doesn’t give any tone to leave a message. I went to internet and I saw the amount of complaint this company had I decided to call my bank to cancel the check. Even though they didn’t cash the check I had to pay a $25 fee to alert my bank of this fraud. I even sent them a copy of the receipt canceling the transaction via mail to make sure they won’t have any legal reason to suit me or so. Now I’m afraid they can use my check information for something else
Victim Location 17547
Total money lost $80
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
Young, well-spoken adults go door to door with credible stories of working for this great company that’s teaching them life skills and helping them turn their lives around. They sell you magazine subscriptions, take your money, and magazines are never delivered. The only contact number on the invoice goes to a Verizon number where you can’t even leave a message. No other ways to contact the company are available.
Victim Location 15207
Total money lost $60
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
A door-to-door seller came to my door and had an extensive speech about how he was in a special employment training program to improve himself and he would get points if I filled out a survey of his performance as a representative of the company. Soon it became clear that he was trying to get me to buy a magazine subscription. I said I don’t use magazines, but he told me I could buy a subscription FOR someone in the US military that would be sent through Operation Gratitude, which is a charity that I recognized, so I said yes. I selected a magazine and then was later told that a $20 "commission fee" had to be added to my total due. I began to think they might be unscrupulous, but I proceeded, although I decided to pay in cash so they would not have my credit card number or personal check. That should have been the red flag. I got rid of the guy at the door and then decided to check if Operation Gratitude really has a partnership with them. I emailed Operation Gratitude and they wrote back to me soon, saying that they have no relationship with this sales company and in fact have called the police in several states to complain about this false marketing and misrepresentation of a charity.