I can't believe I got scammed- I'm usually very skeptical and careful. A very friendly young man ("24") who said he had spent 6 years in the service and now was attending Syracuse college was selling magazine subscriptions door to door. He said he needed to raise money for a wonderful opportunity he had won to intern at the BBC in London. His father was making him earn the money for this trip since it cost over $8, 000. He had waited until the last minute to do his fund raising and now was almost done. He supposedly lived around the corner and had already gotten checks from our neighbors (he flashed a check) who, according to him, had told him we were really nice. His manner was folksy, full of jokes and humor. He said the magazines would go to servicemen in Iraq and he would get 80% of the profit for his trip. The form looked very authentic and the check was written to a company, so I felt OK doing it. The more I thought about it, however, the more I began to feel uneasy. When I Googled the company the next day, I read the same story filed by several others! I quickly called the bank and stopped payment on my check. The stop payment fee was almost as much as my check, but at least the Heritage Marketing co. and the "nice young man" who lied through his teeth to me won't!

son hired by this c ompany heritage marketing --to sell magazines- they purchased him ticket to south carolina-called me when he arrived --they would be going to florida that night. cell phones taken from kids--unable to get in touch with son for 23 days--get an automated call from prison in georgia.
son arrested for no permit while soliciting.Company left hotel scooted out of town- never called me to say they had son locked up--did not post his bail- just left him.

A kid came to my family's house. My mom answered and she told me that he was around mid-twenties. I opened my window to listen and I heard that he was selling magazines to support his trip to somewhere across seas to study journalism. He said that he had sold 70 magazines today and that his dad was making him sell these magazines. Once he sold all the magazine subscriptions, his dad would let him have his car back. He claimed to live around the corner and named a specific house. Later I realized that I knew the people in that particular house and it wasn't him. He also claimed to know a bunch of the neighbors and agreed with almost everything my parents were saying. When my parents asked him how much, he claimed he lost the sheet in the rain and made up $48 for 2 year subscription. He said 65% goes towards his scholarship. When he left I checked out his company, Hertiage Marketing and typed scam into google, and this company came up with the same story as mine as a reported scam. Beware of these kids walking around and call the police if you see them.