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They are trying to screw me over too, but I don’t like to lose or take crap from people. Especially these kind of people. They completely misled me in my phone conversation with them and got me to somehow agree to getting these magazines. The watch they promised me never came and I randomly started seeing $50.00 charges on my credit card. After 3 payments I let my credit card max itself out at $300.00 knowing they would have no way to charge me now. This is when the 2 phone calls a day started coming. I Ignored them for awhile and finally got back to them. We agreed to a $225.00 closing cost to cancel this account out and be done with it. Later when I contacted them to pay it they told me they changed their mind and wouldn’t go through with it anymore. I hate business’s like this, making a dishonest living. Honestly, why would a company who considers this a honest income make you do voice recordings when answering? And its not cancelable? Give me a break.

I now am either going to fight this in court, or pay them. I don’t want to pay them, not because I don’t have it, but because I think they are douchebags and don’t deserve it.

i would like to cancel my acoout because it was only supossed to be 25.00 and now its 39.90 a month.my account number is je0000306318-7

I was ripped of also worldwide publishers service and have found no way to stop the payments. I am recieving magazines but I don’t want them. When I did speak with someone I was given some bull about they had already paid for this in advance and can in no way stop this. I hope someone finds a way to put an end to this. Keep the updates coming so we may have a chance.

I, unfortunately, was suckered into the scam this magazine company is running and had a question for both the Jen and Jen Lee. When you say you sent them a registered/certified letter with a money order for the “past due amount,” was that the amount for the past months you didn’t pay or was that the amount for the entire “yearly subscription” such as 3 years or so? Also for Jen Lee, did you send your letter directly to Worldwide Preferred Publishers? My “subscription” was for almost three years! I only paid for the first month, and its since been four months I haven’t paid. I cancelled all my accounts and cards. I keep getting constant calls from the company and want desperately to get out of this sticky situation!!

i just got attacked by the bastards too. they said i won $1000 internet shopping spree but i had to pay for magazines, which they would automatically take out of my account every month. i just caled my bank and told them i was scammed, and they cancelled that card and are sending me a new one….GET A NEW CARD BEFORE THEY GET THIER HANDS ON IT. good luck!!!

They contacted me over the summer, on a phone, and phone number I had just received. They said I was going to win a big prize, get a free watch, and all I had to do was pay 9.99 a month. I was so distracted, and they make you do it automatically it was crazy. How can you go into a contract over the phone? Anyhow, I am a full time college student, and cant pay off this bill that keeps coming. I owe about 600 dollars, and dont know how that many magazines cost that much (which by the way I have only seen 2 in the last 3 months) This has got to be a “under the radar” scam….

I just received a call from Worldwide Publishers (although, I quite didn’t catch this early on in the conversation since I just woke up). Their sales pitch was 4 mags free for 5 years, a Geneva watch but I have to choose one of 3 mags to pay for. It was supposedly for $3+ a week, payment terms would be up to me. And on top of that I was supposed to be entered into some sweepstakes. I asked if I can cancel anytime. She said by law I can. But that nobody had ever asked her that since mostly people who try to cancel are either moving to which they offer to just change address or due to financial difficulty to which they offer financing terms. Then I was transferred to her supervisor who repeated what I was supposed to receive. Then she started asking for my credit card info … warning bells rung, their caller ID was unknown and now they are asking for credit card info. So I had her repeat the company name to which she said is Worldwide Publisher, said they don’t have a 1-800 number. I opened my laptop and started searching for the company name. When I asked for their address, she was not as pleasant as she was earlier in the conversation and asked if this is really necessary. I told her of course since I don’t give out my credit card info to unsolicited calls. I just finish filing a complaint to DO NOT CALL. But again they don’t take individual cases, so if you all who were victims registered for DO NOT CALL but got the call anyway, please consider filing a complaint on top of the other avenues of legal actions you are taking.

I’m so glad I listened to my intuition.

Hmmm… something to think about. A collection agency from that deals with World Wide Publishing was able to take money from my checking acccount for a collection. When I called them to inquire what the debit was for, they did not have any record of it. Further it took two days and a threat of reporting it as Fraudulent activity on my account to get them to return my calls. Eventually I did have to contact my bank and report it as Fraud. It is currently under investigation by the bank. Scary I would say.

I just got a yellow postcard in the mail that said, “A package was returned to our regional office as “undeliverable” for the following reason: Could not contact.” The number on the postcard was 1-888-462-9032. Before reading the above complaints, I tried to call several times with no success. I then checked with BBB only discover that this company has more than 250 complaints. After reading this blog, I will not be calling them again. I also know what to do if they call me…hang up. These people need to get a life and a new career. It’s a shame that people feel they need to run scams to be successful.

I paid you in full and owe you nothing. I have heard nothing from you in 1 year . Now you take $3.09 o;ut of my account for no reason. I do not want any magazines from you I told you that a long time ago. Now put it back or I will bring charges. Believe me I will do it My Lawyer is also the district attorney for this county . I have had enough of scams and crooks. I have called my bank and told them who you are and they said you are crooks. They will not let you take anything again. I don’t owe you ???????

My sister is handicapped and in fragile health. She got scammed by World Wide Publishers Service. They are taking $50 per month from her checking account for 3 magazines. She only receives $600 per month, total, to live. I told her to close the account, but now I am worried that they will start calling her to collect the “debt”. They are suppose to be cancelling the service, $250 has been taken from her, never to be seen again.
How about 48 hours or 20/20 exposing this scam. Someone is getting rich and making other’s lives a misery. Good luck everyone.

I just received a letter/bill from this company telling me I owed them $42.97 from 2004. This is crazy! I do not owe them anything. I never even heard of them before today. I almost fell for it until I save the date. I feel sorry for all of those people who fall for this scam. I am contacting my State Attorney and telling everyone I know about this scam. Do not pay anything to anyone that sends you a bill out of the blue.

Annie

I got roped into the same scam, the lady told me I could cancel at anytime.. didn’t give me a phone number to call back.. I never made one payment, now they say I owe them $680… I just called them and said I had passed away, now they want me to send in a death certificate…

I had the same thing happen as well. They told me I had a trial period but it turns out that they conveniently didn’t record that part of the agreement.

I tried to unsubsribe but they would not allow me to do.Initially they said its for 12 months and i just went on paying.My hopes were shattered when they called me saying i am obliged for another 9 months or pay some 300 odd dollars..freaks me out..any one with has any ideas ?

the same thing happened to me.a magazine never showed up till 6 months later.i called to cancle they said i cant ,with in a month i got a letter from there collection manager saying i have to pay them $1,163.they played the voice recording and it wasnt even me.

See also, (352)200-4761 for stories worse than mine

Called via (352)684-1826, (352)684-1280, (352)684-1826, (352)688-3611, (352)688-3613

NCP / Nature Coast Publishers’ Service

I’ve been receiving calls from this number for at least a week, but when I call back, it sends me straight to a tone. This time, I answered and was told that because of my relationship with “the publishers,” I was eligble for a $1000 online shopping gift certificate and 60 issue subscriptions to 5 national magazines (two of which, I alreay subscribe to, so they clearly weren’t in league with the actual publishers). They told me that 3 were free, and 2 would be at a discounted fee of $3.83 a week, to be billed monthly. But their behavior and questions seemed very off. They were clearly in possession of my full name, my phone number, and my address.

The first person, Danielle, failed to adequately answer my questions, claiming she was new. She said she couldn’t give me a company name better than NCP, although she started to say Nature Coast, and then corrected herself. She asked what I do for a living and my age, in order to help the publishers better target consumers. I was very skeptical, but she said there were no automatic payments and that some information would come in the mail. Then she told me her supervisor would call back to confirm some information. She said that the order had already been put through and that my order number was…. 1221.

When the gentleman, Nathan, called back momentarily, he repeated the profession and age I gave the first person and asked what the name of my company was and what year I had been born. When I told him that I wanted more information from them before I was willing to give him the information, he said “This is just for the records. I could care less. For all I care, you can make something up.” When I continued to question him, he screamed “Ya’ know what? We don’t need your business,” and hung up on me. This is clearly and evidently not normal.

Update. Well I sent out 3 priority envelopes with certified return receipts to it on it and it cost me 30.00 total. Why? Well, I am covering all of my bases and looked on the internet and found a 3rd address. as well as the 119 W Torrance blvd i found 400 Torrance blvd all with the same zip code

I am having the same problem, I sent them a letter before I even got any of the magazines, now every time I get a magazine I email the magazine company and cancel the subscription. I asked if i could cancel and was told that I could but they would prefer that I did not, they say that I was told that I could not cancel which is not the truth. I had to put have my bank put a stop on my debit card for that company, but they keep on trying. The last time I talked to them I told them to take me to court.

This place is a scam!!! They told me I was a finalist for a cruise and a 6 day vacation to Rome! They told me that I could pick a number of different magazines to be sent to me for no charge and if I didn’t want any others I didn’t have to pay. I changed my card number so hopefully they don’t get any money.

my sisterinlaw , who is 82 years old, was duped by this company,she has dementa, and they got her bank account number and took 49.90 a month. never received any mag or anything.i called 888 875 3259 today 08 20 2008 he said would refund last payment taken out . will let you know if she gets it.i told hom that i was reading all the complaints here on this site and was going to inform the attorney generls office

I got sucked into this joke too. I was supposed to receive a watch and my first magazines but it has been almost a month and nothing. They told me I could cancel at any time but when I tried to cancel the said they would have to check the tape and get back to me. I have read a lot of these comments and now I’m worried that I’m going to get stuck paying for something that doesn’t exist. Has anyone had any success getting away from this company? Have the courts been any help?

I had the same thing happen to me with WORLDWIDE PREFERRED PUBLISHING!!! They called and told me i could get a free subscription and asked me that i please do not cancel. But in fact when I called later to cancel they told me i couldn’t and sent me to a colletion agency. I had perfect credit and now not so much becasue they mislead me into thinking there was a way out when in fact there wasn’t. So now i’m paying every month for a bunch a magazines i don’t even read. If they call you just hang up, becasue if you do get mixed up with them theyll be VERY rude and sneaky. I can’t even imagine the type of scum that they hire to do their dirty scamming for them!

how do they know your name when calling, i got one of these calls today and my number is not published and is blocked from caller id and they asked for me just by first name…how do they know this information?

I got hit by this company too and they were great at first, but then they suckered me into more payments by leading me to believe the payments I WAS making were being reduced, but no they started a whole new account. When they called in May 2008 to try collect, I decided to give them my personal story of how the most recent call came on the day I was making funeral arrangements for my mother, and told them I was out of my mind with grief when I agreed (legal term is duress) which I was, and they agreed to cancel the account if I paid just half of what I owed and they would write off the rest. This came from a Supervisor named Anthony. Well today I get a call AT WORK asking if I am getting all my magazines, which I was (I thought) then the woman mentioned some other ones I had asked for and I said “no I’m not getting them and I don’t want them, I really want People. So she made a note of that and transferred me to Gerald, a supervisor, to verify she was polite and stuff, which she was, then HE proceeded to offer me a DISCOUNT on my outstanding balance. I explained to him this was taken care of in May with Anthony who let me cancel for half of what I owed, and he was all “Anthony who? What was his last name?” and I said he didn’t give me a last name because he didn’t. Gerald kept trying to get me to agree to pay the $500 ballane and I told him I am done, I am not paying it thank you and goodbye, and hung up. So we will see where it goes. They have been calling my house when I am not home and not leaving any kind of message, I just see them on the caller ID and I am a busy mom who has no time to fool around with a deal that is over, so I will not call them back unless they leave a message with a specific person to speak to. And when I do speak to them again I will tell them to leave me alone or they will be hearing from my attorney.

Almost there. I just had a conversation with Worldwide Publishers and I almost agreed on subscribing to 8 magazines for $4.99 a week. It’s good that I asked for their name and tried to search on the web and presto! It’s really a scam. Thank God.

important question — did you give them your credit card information, or did they have it???

B/c i got called by these people as well — i didn’t give them any information, but they had my address on file!?

Answer from Author: I did not have this happen to me. It happened to my best friend and I thought others should know about them. They do not have your credit card information just your address and phone number.

I unfortunately just signed up with these polesmokers. $1,000 shopping spree?! I should’ve known it was ludicrous. As soon as I get my “welcome package” I’m gonna cancel. And I’m in law school, so if it doesn’t go well we could be talking class-action suit here. If that happens I’ll try to get as many of you guys together as possible. If they’re really that bad of a scam, then they’ll be screwed once they get their day in court.

By the way, if anyone else wants to speak to someone in customer service, the number there is 406-727-2384.

Yeah, they just called me too, and I googled their company’s name and no legitimate website seemed to come up. I was actually reading this blog as I was talking to the guy. He seemed overly friendly, trying really hard to get me to buy into this scam, but I could tell it was a joke just by the sound of his voice. Something really needs to be done to stop these scams! I’ve been scammed before and it’s really irritating. I think that this company is affiliated with whatever company it was that scammed me originally. I’ve cancelled my credit card and filed for a claim. If this is also happening to you, you need to cancel your card. If this deceitful company has your card number, telephone number and your address, you don’t know how many other affiliate “companies” have this information. THEY ARE STEALING FROM YOU. Don’t let them. this isn’t fair. Think about it… if this were happening in person with cash, would you willingly hand them the hundreds of dollars that they stole from you?
I can’t believe these guys. Our economy is crumbling and their best idea to make money is to steal from people who are either too young to know any better (i’m only a freshman in college.. ) or people who are really gullible. I am going to report this to the goverment, and I am going to tell my local news network. If this has happened to you, please do the same. The word needs to get out about these stupid internet and telephone scams.

This is a form of identity theft because they obtain information through false means. For example, they knew my name yet my cell phone is under my grandmother’s name only in a family account! They knew the last 4 digits of my credit card too! That’s why I was sure it was legit. I called my identity theft protection through discover and I’m covered. If they ever send me to a collection agency then they will take them to court and will spend up to $25,000 dollars on my behalf to stop it. They’re not getting a nickel out of me.

I was contacted by this company, they told me i would get 4 subscriptions free, and then they will call me back to c if i wanted to continue, i started getting the magazines, but they never called me to ask if i wanted to continue to get them. Suddenley they start calling me everyday to arrange payments, i told them i have never ordered this magazine, and that they never called me to ask if i wanted to subscribe. Now they are telling me they are sending it to collection agency. Thank god, they don’t have my social and other personal info, but i’m still afraid they will do something to my business creidt. because they do have my business name and address.

I just got off the phone with them and they said I could only cancel if I pay 200 dollars by February 9th. When I first signed up the person I talked to said I could cancel any time! I don’t know what to do, I have no job and now I have to pay 16 dollars for 60 months…

I’m sad to say that I didn’t find this sight soon enough. I have yet to receive a $1000 gift card that was promised. I have been receiving numerous phone calls a day stating that the other callers are fake and to go with them. Don’t. Still waiting to see what happens. Seems like a very good rip off job to me.
Debbie in Arkansas

I never order anything over the phone. My complaint is that I was in the middle of work and they called me and then the girl got smart with me when I bitched about her calling me out of the blue. I’m on the “dot gov” Do Not Call list and I suppose I can report them. Scammers.

id just received a letter from them

To the person, who claims to love this company. Heehee, he or she works in this company. Dont believe a word of that person’s comment. No one can actually say that WorldWide Publisher, is a great, honest, and loyal company with the public. Bull Crap!!..

About two years ago I was scammed into these magazines. Worldwide Publishers Service told me I could cancel at anytime. I tried to cancel and they said I couldn’t. I ended up paying them like $900 no they are calling again telling me I owe for another 24 months of payments. I am not giving them anymore of my money. 4 magazines for over 10.00 a piece is rediculious. I live in the Virgin Islands and our magazines here aren’t even 10.00. Major scam. Spoke with a man named Dan today and ask for a number to call him back and said he didn’t have one.

Hey guys ai have great news for all of you.I have found a toll free # it is 888-878-8655
Whrn I called it yesterday it was answered on the second ring by a very nice lady. I WAS NOTVERY NICE AT THE START BUT WHEN i TOLD HER THE PERSON THAT CALLED ME said she was from PCH and I was upset about how everthing was handled she asked me for my order #. She than said she was sorry to hear I was not happy and promised to cancel everything. She did say that they would not refund the $43.90 I had already paid but said there would be no more $ taken from my account. I cried a little to no avail. I think however it is worth that money to learn a lesson lso I taped everything that was sais in case they do not do what was promised. I hopefully this will take a load off of some of you
Good luck Captbob

I just got a phone call from these people! They put me on hold so I goggled their name. Ever hear, if its too good to be true it usually is? Well there ya go! Thank you to whoever started this, I think you just saved me a bundle! Ha losers offered me $1000 internet shopping spree… and for no reason! I’m not a dummy!

I got scammed this morning! I was told i won a 1000 shopping spree and the gift card was through visa so they needed my credit card #, to make sure that I really had a visa. Told me the info about the mags and were suppost to send me info about them. Checked my account later today and there was a charge for 50 dollars from them.
I was never told about the charge.
I got a call from them just a bit ago and I asked to cancel everything. the customer service # is 866-900-2719.
also let your bank or credit card co. to watch out for these charges.

We have been receiving calls from Worldwide Pref. Pub according to the name on the caller ID. I have not answered the phone,as I do not take calls from #’s I don’t know (thank GOD for caller ID). Since we had received several calls I did reverse look up and came across this site, and glad I did. I have read all complaints and have put a call block on my ph for their number. I makes me worry as people have said they didn’t order anything, yet still got stuff sent and they have your name, address. I want to make sure they don’t send me anything and I get billed for. Has anyone avoided their calls and have received a bill from them?

My mother was scammed by this company. She apparently to pay 30 payments of $45