worldwide publishers magazine scam
Chances are if you are reading this you are one of the 10’s of thousands of disatisfied customers of Worldwide Prefered Publishers Service.
They probably called you up on the phone promising 5 or more magazines for $40 and a Diamond Watch. It sounded too good to be true…and it was.
As soon as I find out more information about the lawsuit I will let you all know.
So you think you’ve been ripped off by Worldwide Preferred Publishers Service?
My friend got a call from this magazine company from Redondo Beach California, and they told him he had won a drawing and would get 4 magazines for a year for a subscription payment of $49.90
He received a magazine and returned it because he changed his mind. He then called the company and they told him he owed $800+ dollars.
We now know that if you are having problems trying to cancel this transaction with worldwide publishers then you are not alone. When this article was first written no one had ever heard of worldwide publishers but now I get a phone call or an email at least once a day telling me about what they did to people.
If you feel you have been duped by Worldwide Preffered Publishers Service then by all means make a complaint to the government at link below. Don’t let them get away with it!
Report this to the Federal Trade Commision by filling out a form at the below website.
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
Here’s the contact info i for Worldwide Publishers in Redondo Beach California you need it.
Phone: 310-318-5822
P.S. We do not make any claims as to the legitimacy of this complaint. We are only publishing what we have heard. The blog is not intended to defame Worldwide Publishers Service. The author has not validated the Legitimacy of any complaint made against Worldwide Publishers.33 Comments so far
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Pingback by Worldwide Preferred Publishers Service-Scam? Or Legit- Misled me to believe i could cancel at any time, as well on the duration that i had to pay. ripoff Redondo Beach California « Fowler Computer-Computer Repair January 12, 2009 @ 10:44 amThey are now going by South Bay Preferred Publishing company. I have also been able to track down 2 more phone#’s which are as follows:
Comment by Alethea January 15, 2009 @ 6:51 pm310-374-1823 If you call this one back it WILL just ring
310-374-1741 Calling this WILL give you a person. She WILL most likely hang up on you once you tell her why you’re calling.
I got the phone call back in 2005 and I am still paying. I have tried to cancel with worldwide preferred but they tell me that i will pay and that there is no way out of it. Now that i have moved they don’t even send me the magazines that they are suapost to send me but demand that i still pay them. What do I do. Does anyone have any advise?
Comment by Krystal January 26, 2009 @ 11:23 ami have a 3rd number for them
310-318-0779
if you have fallen for their scam.. dont wait, they will take all of your money
Comment by Blake February 3, 2009 @ 11:56 amThe only way that they can get you is if you subscribe to their magazine right?
I was just being polite when I agreed to receiving the information packet.
As long as I don’t pay for any magazines or anything, I should be fine, correct?
Comment by Peterson Lim March 17, 2009 @ 9:19 pmI too got a call from someone at this so called Worldwide Preferred Publishers, and I was told that I was chosen for a $1,000.00 online shopping spree, all I had to do was agree to recieve magazines for a cost of $49.56 a so called month. I googled them after I hung up and found alot of information about them being a scam. Checked my credit card acct. and the $49.56 was already taken out. I cancelled that acct. and got a new one and today another $49.56 was pulled out again. How can I stop them?
Comment by Patrick March 21, 2009 @ 9:55 pmKrystal. I would cancel my credit card or bank account and open a new account or get a new card to stop the charges. How can they charge you if they don’t have the account number. I doubt seriously they will send to a collection company knowing they are being dishonest the don’t want the attention.
They called my work cell looking for my wife which are not sure how that happened. There is only one place with my wife name and my work cell and thats my auto finance company which I am looking into.
Comment by Al March 23, 2009 @ 11:22 amI just got this service.. I have not received any magazines or anything that they have promised me. Also they called me saying they were the “Publisher Clearing House” and that I was in the drawing. I contacted the “PCH” and they said they have nothing to do with the World Wide Publishers. Isn’t that against the law to say you are one someone else. They even took out my money on the wrong date.. I did send back the letter for the watch they sent me and sent in a letter of cancelation with copies of everything. I am going to change my bank account tomorrow. Are they still going to send me a bill in the mail? Has any one had any cases with identity theft through this service…. NEED HELP!!!!
Comment by Crystal March 25, 2009 @ 10:25 pmps… none of the numbers work to call them.
I canceled my credit card, but is there anyway they can still come after my money?
Comment by Smokey April 2, 2009 @ 9:23 amJust contanct your bank and have your bank information changed. If they aren;’t abiding by their agreement then you don’t have to pay anything unless your getting the service you’ve paid for. There is a way to cancel, and if they won’t let you cancel then cancel it on your own and change your credit card number and inform your bank and your can get their transactions blocked from taking any money from your account.
Comment by Nikki April 9, 2009 @ 12:26 pmI got a call in 2006 also and was duped into this scam. I finally got ahold of a customer service person who told me I could cancel, but would have to pay them the rest of the “subscription”. I filed a complaint to the BBB (Better Business Bureau) and the resolved it. I got the subscribtion cancelled and owe them no more money.
Comment by Brianna April 9, 2009 @ 3:40 pmI have been sent to collections by this company for trying to stop the magazines. After I opted to renew I ended up owing over $800 not knowing the $40 dollars was or 2 years! Now I receive calls everyday by collections an WorldWide.
Comment by Ammyless April 29, 2009 @ 12:19 pmIT’S TIME TO BAND TOGETHER AND SUE SUE SUE THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY GOOOOOT….
Comment by PATRICE May 4, 2009 @ 9:52 amLETS SUE….EVERYBODY LETS GO
Comment by RICO May 4, 2009 @ 9:54 amWorldwide Publishers Service ripped me off as well they try to get money out my credit card account more than the ammount we agree without my authorazation they keep calling me and talk very abusive on the phone
Comment by Catherine Lankford May 30, 2009 @ 10:37 amdoes anyone know how can i stop this I also have proof that they try to get more money out of my account
My brother has been scammed too! Please help!!!
Comment by Lexa July 9, 2009 @ 1:23 pmAfter 11 month in Iraq, he is now in Afghanistan for the next 14 months, so his mail has been forward to my mothers house. We notice that there is a ridiculous number of magazines delivered to my mother’s house weekly from this Worldwide Preferred Publishing Services, with my brothers first name misspelled. Some of the magazines, we know for a fact, he wouldn’t read even if they were FREE. We questioned my brother about the magazines coming in but he has no clue why the magazines are being mailed to him. We gave him a number to call and find out what’s going-on (he only gets to call home about twice per month if he is lucky). My brother called the number on the statement and was told that he ORDERED the magazines, can’t cancel, and that he owes $1,009.60 total, due immediately or it will be reported to his credit!!! Since my brother has a limit on calls, I tried to contact the company to help but they want nothing to do with me. They want only talk to him and insist that he needs to pay NOW! Meanwhile, even though my brother asked that they stop sending this magazines that he never ordered, the magazines are still pouring in at my mother’s house. I will try and do as Brianna did and file a complaint to the BBB (Better Business Bureau). And I’ll tell you what…if my brother is obligated to pay the $1,009.60 that Worldwide Preferred Publishing Services claims he owes, my family will gladly put out of our packet $1,009.60 towards an attorney and we’ll see if Worldwide Preferred Publishing Services will tell the attorney they will only deal with my brother!!!
I have been scammed too!! I finally got a phone # to work only to have to leave a message. We’ll see if they call back, they have before. I did pay for magazines for about three years and still continue to recieve some but as usual I start getting mags I didn’t subscribe to, and I haven’t received the 7 I was promised only 5.I have alot of money invested in this so I expect to receive magazines for a long time without paying another red cent!!!!!!
This was a lesson learned!!!
Comment by Christina July 22, 2009 @ 4:48 pmI was sending in my payments and then realized they were also taking payments from my credit card. When I called to ask them why this was they told me it was because I had two different accounts and in order to close one of them I needed to pay $900. Both of the accounts had the exact same magazines on them. Why would I pay for two copies of the same magazine? I was only receiving one set anyways.
Comment by Ashley July 27, 2009 @ 2:10 pmif i try to cancel .i will still have to pay. i had to cancel my credit card account because someone was taking my money. so it was probable worldwide preferred publishers.
Comment by katherine August 6, 2009 @ 1:49 pmI would like to forwarn people about this scam. the company talked about here is not an acredited comp. they have already cost me more than i can aford, and i would like to get it back if at all possible. if anyone knows off a law suit against them please let evry one involved get even with the crooked ppl.
Comment by greg August 11, 2009 @ 2:21 pmTHEY CALLED I ANSWERED…THEN 39.90 X 3 ON MY CREDIT CARD..NO MERCHANDISE…CANCELED CREDIT CARD
Comment by NATHAN L SCHMIDT August 14, 2009 @ 1:10 pmNOW CALLING HOME PHONE..I CLICK ON THEM..BUT BEFORE I DID THEY HAD CALLED MY DAD ANSWERED THEY
ASKED HIM IF NATHAN STILL WORKED SAME PLACE..DUH DAD SAID YES..SO NOW I’M AFRAID OF GARNISHING MY PAY TO GET THE MONEY..I’M ON LINE GETTING COPIES OF ALL THE BAD STUFF OF THEM..THANKS TO YOU AND SENDING THEM BACK WITH BILL..FOR SURE NOT WRITING A CHECK..
I got a call yesterday from some settlement company about my contract with Worldwide. Apparently they’re planning to take me to court for $900+, not including court costs. I don’t know what to do….anyone have any advice?
Comment by Kyle September 2, 2009 @ 8:10 amI also signed up being gullible I guess, after giving a credit card numbet that I haven’t used in 2 years. I got a call from the credit card company asking if I was trying to use that card for large purchase at Best Buy online. Apparrently someone with that company was online trying to buy a computer. They tried 6 times with different amounts and all were declined. Thank God I thought about what card I was giving so it would flag me if this was some kind of scam. I have changed the credit card and will cancel it too! They did however get me for two months of 47.90 because the card company said I did give them the information. But that is all they will get.
Comment by liz September 5, 2009 @ 8:12 amIve signed up and got scammed. They said they wouldnt take any money out for a month but when i check my account after i hung up there was money withdrawn. Today i got something different in the mail so i called and it was some “Credit company” saying that i owe 800+ dollars but could settle for less. This is bullshit and these people should be sued for everyhting they got. All they are doing is fucking with peoples lives. Dont fall for anyting cause there just scaring you to settle or to pay. Also, this company said they would bring you to court but this is them trying to scare you to settle or pay your bill. We all need to get together and do somehting about this seriously. Im headin to college and dont need this shit coming up and stressing me out. You know?
Comment by John September 7, 2009 @ 8:08 pmAnyone who wants in contact me and lets do somehting about it. Contact me at JohnnyT1526@aol.com and leave me a detailed message about what happened to you and ill save every report and contact a higher authority.
PLEASE WRITE ME!!!!
So I got about 12 phonecalls in 1 day from an unknown #. I finally picked up and it was somebody who was trying to dupe me by telling me I won bla bla bla..alls I would have to do is “support” some of these magazines…. before I can start asking any questions he put through my “order” and passed me along to “amy”. She admitted that she was there to close the deal…she was very aggressive in trying to get any banking info from me…I refused. I told her I don’t want it. She said it’s too late and out of her hands. I told her I’m not giving her my info. She said she’l call me tomorrow…. well actually I will be contacting bbb , ftc and my lawyer. So when sshe calls I’m armed. I will threaten an investigation and ask to see a signed contract that she said I’m supposedly locked into for the next 2 years. I don’t think so. I’ll let u all know how that goes.
Comment by lyra September 11, 2009 @ 12:14 amMy 84 yr old mother got a call from Preferred Publishers Service on 8/17/09 claiming they were from TV Guide and would renew her subscription over the phone. Unfortunately she gave them her checking acct information and didn’t realize it until she got her bank statement. TV Guide has never heard of them. I’m going to take this up with the bank/ FTC & BBB but if there’s a class action suit to get them to stop these abusive & costly practices, count me in.
Comment by Tracy B. September 27, 2009 @ 10:49 amI too was scamed by these people and just to let all of you know, they will send you to collections because I just got a letter in the mail today and now I have to pay them each month. they have to be doing something illegal and I am going to see what can be done to stop them.
Comment by heather October 8, 2009 @ 2:20 pmI have been told i owe over a thousand dollars when i didnt even sign up for anything!!!!!!!!!! Please someone help!
Comment by Nell Henry October 14, 2009 @ 5:42 pmI am avictim of worldwide publishers.They promised me a vacation,$1000 shopping spree, and a watch. I received the watch and nothing else. They recently had a lawyer to send me aletter in the mail threating to take me to court over a two hundred dollar and something bill. They left a number and when i tried to call the number and it would’nt even go through.
Comment by eluise hannah October 25, 2009 @ 1:17 pmcatherine, hun if you have proof, you can open a lawsuit. cause all this is a fake. I too fell for it,I was told that i won a $1,000.00 online shopping spree, but i had to buy the magazines, ya know the same thing everyone else has been told and all this happened yesterday on October 27,2009 and i cant get a valid number to contact them. but as soon as i contact a lawyer and all i will get all this taken care of and it will be more known to public than on the internet.
Comment by betty blaise October 28, 2009 @ 1:57 pmok i have 3 seperate #’s for this place in florida, 1-352-688-1093 in weeki wachee springs and this number is also weeki wachee springs 1-352-688-0374. and one in fort lauderdale 1-954-493-8382
Comment by betty blaise October 28, 2009 @ 2:44 pmSince when does confirm and verify a subscribtion equal to renewing a new subscription? times 4???
Comment by annonymus November 13, 2009 @ 11:47 amDo they have any legal recourse against us if we simply stop making payments? I keep getting these magazines that I don’t even read and don’t care for.
Comment by EDGARDO SANES November 17, 2009 @ 10:17 am