Family Readers Club (of New York) Magazines fraud, unlawful business tactics. mail fraud, harassment, refusing to honor the "do not call" law, etc. Norfolk New York
This report is just one of many. FRC doesn't even know how to spell my name. I talked to them and informed them that I didn't know who they were and I was not paying for any magazines I did not request. They said they had a recording of me and I had to pay them. This was obviously a scam.
Channel 2 (CBS) reported this very thing a few months ago regarding people being ripped off from magazine companies. The companies start by calling you in the evening and, in my case, thought it was a good deal since I hadn't had any subscriptions in a long time. Then they call you the 2nd night and tell you that you just talked to them last night. They said that they didn't get all of the information reported. I gave them the information not thinking anything of it. The 3rd night, the same thing happened - this time I was a little suspicious. After receiving bills from many magazine companies, I assumed that this was fraud since I only signed up with one company. They are more than willing to share the recording with you but it isn't exactly what I said. In fact, I knew it was my voice but didn't know how they got the information. Was it spread throughout the magazine community?
They continually harass you by phone and mail and in fact have no problem debiting my bank account for payments that I do not owe. The conversation starts with a telemarketer and ends up with a supervisor. So a short call is turned into a very long call. Some of the companies let me take a "short payoff" but continue to harass me by saying you have another account with them.
Something should be done about these magazine companies - I hope some attorney would take on a class action suit.
Carol
Hesperia, California
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Carol
Hesperia,California,
U.S.A.
Family Readers Club (of New York) magazine scams
#3Author of original report
Tue, December 29, 2009
I originally filed this report on August 6, 2008. Today, FRC telephoned me even though I am on the do not call registry. They wanted to "settle" this matter by having us pay $300. They threatened to send me to their collection "attorney" unless we pay them the money "over the telephone". They refused to send me a bill so I could pay from the bill.
I told them I would pay but now I have had second thoughts and will not pay them off. They threatened to send me to a collection agency and then to "the state". They are using scare tactics AGAIN!!! I asked them what the "state" would do and they said they would start a lawsuit.
Since I was an idiot and no longer am, and reading more stories on this website, I am going to refuse to pay and they can do whatever they want with my credit. I told them that I would not give them my bank account numbers and credit card #s. He suggested that I go to Walmart and pay $3.00 for a gift card worth $300.00 and then call him with the receipt number. Can you believe this?
Carol
Hesperia,California,
U.S.A.
FAMILY READERS CLUB (OF NEW YORK) magazine scams
#3Author of original report
Fri, October 24, 2008
Since my previous report, FRC continues to debit my bank account so I finally had to close my account. I filed fraud reports with my bank hoping to resolve this. They now threaten to sue me and say if we do not pay, they will send to collection and it will affect my credit.