All around the country, people are receiving subscription renewal notices from a company called Readers Payment Services (or various other names) for any one of dozens of newspapers. The invoices, which ask for your credit card and personal information, may look legitimate, but the newspapers are warning their subscribers to not fall for this scam.
According to the Arizona Republic, it has received at least 60 complaints from readers who received these bogus Readers Payment Services, which not only want to steal victims’ info, but are also overstating the actual renewal cost by about 20%.
“I want to be clear that this scam has nothing to do with anyone accessing our databases. These are random mailings going out into the market,” said Republic publisher John Zidich. “We are taking the precaution to contact our subscribers, of which more than 70 percent do not pay by mail, to make them aware that this scam exists.”
Dozens of other papers’ have been targeted by the scam as well.
This morning, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted this PDF with more information about the scammers,,,
Newspapers Warning About “Readers Payment Service” Subscription Scam – Consumerist
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