Same thing happened today from 239-257-2049 Readers Inc. Also about the magazine service. They said that they've been getting a lot of calls from their readers saying that a lot of people have been calling them about their magazine subscriptions and they were not real companies, etc.
I spoke to a woman named Samantha for a long time explaining that I do not have any outstanding magazine invoices and she kept repeatedly telling me that when I signed up for the magazine that I had selected automatic renewal and that I have 60 months of service left and will be charged $69.90 and that they would reduce it to $59.90 and cancel the automatic renewal and I would be "free and clear".
I was then transferred to her supervisor that was going to give me a "security code" in case any "bad" people called about my magazines. She said if I have caller ID I could see that they are verified by AT&T as a safe company. When she asked me to verify my credit card number I flat out said I would not give it to her. She said that she already had it on file and just needed me to verify it in groups of four. Again I refused and she hung up.
Received this call today...caller identified herself as being from "The Publishers," about magazines I receive at my address. She had my name & address correct, but I did not tell her that. When I asked how she got my name & number as I'm on the Do Not Call registry, she said she got it because they send me magazines. I asked which magazines & she could not answer, that she wasn't in that department and she just had "billing codes." I told her I'd previously researched her type of call on the internet and that the information I found suggested it was not a legitimate business. She immediately hung up. When I tried to call the number back, I got a generic voicemail that 239-257-2049 was not available. THIS COMPANY/CALLER DOES NOT APPEAR LEGITIMATE.
In checking my caller ID log, I noticed that similar numbers have called in the last 2 days and have not left messages. When I tried to call the numbers, they forward to a similarly generic voicemail box. Perhaps it's the same company/scam?
239-257-2044
239-257-2047
i got this call today i have been getting mags for a few months not knowing where they were comeing from so i was happy at first i told her i didnt want a 60 month bonus at $19.95 per she said that it was to late and they have my credit card number on file i was not happy about that so i asked to speak with her manager and told her i was going to shut that card down so they cant charge me and she hung up the # comes up as readers in c gul cant find them anywhere i could be stuck in a 5 year scam can anyone help ug
This is Gulf Coast Readers...they get you hooked on 4 magazines for 4 year subscriptions at $49.95 a month for 16 months. What they dont tell you is that they are going to send you approximately 10 magazines a month and expect you to pay for all of them. I am sending them all of my magazines and remind them that they lied to me in the beginning. I canceled my membership with in the 10 days and am still getting daily phone calls.