These people called and said I had been entered into a sweepstakes. It sounded legit, until they asked for my credit card. I was reluctant, and the guy I was talking to said, there's a customer service card number you can call, I'm 27 with 3 kids, I'm not going to go to jail over magazines. He made a joke and I relaxed, so I was stupid and gave my number to him. I'm sure I'm going to be billed some awful amount, just for being gullible. How do I fix this?

During the month of May, I had received a toll-free call on my cell phone on my way back home from work. I didn't get a chance to look at the number and flipped open the phone. On the other side of the receiver I was told that I was chosen to win a $1000.00 dollar sweepstakes. I asked what were the details of the sweepstakes and the company told me the only way for me to enter the sweepstakes was to order some magazines from a partner company of theirs. I agreed because I was looking into some magazine subscriptions at borders. I was immediately switched over to a deep mans voice who asked me how my day was and if I was interested in buying some magazines. I told him I was, but how much was it going to cost me? He talked extremely fast and there was a lot of people yelling and screaming in the background. I asked him where he was that was causing all the noise. He told me there was a party at the pub he was at and he was actually off duty but was making a special phone call for me. Once again, I asked him how much the subscription would cost and suddenly he started talking really fast saying something about 19.99 a month and it would be over a 4 year contract. I agreed stupidly and suddenly he was again talking really fast about something being recorded and I couldn't cancel after making the pact. He asked me to say "Yes" or "No" to the following questions. I listened as hard as I could as he spoke fast asking me if my name and occupation were correct and I responded, "Yes". After he got done with the yes or no questions, he asked for my credit card number and I gave him my debit card number. He also wanted my Social Security Number, but I refused to give it to him and he told me he understood. After he was done, he reviewed my information really fast and I could barely understand what he was saying, so I just responded yes. He then hung up on me and i felt like I was just scammed. About 3 days later, I received a letter in the mail that was about an inch thick crammed with paperwork. I opened it up and it said that I had signed up for some random services I never agreed to such as: ID ALERT, FRAUD PROTECTION, INSURANCE, ect. On all the papers it said I was going to be billed around 39.95 for each month for all these products. I was enraged because I never signed up for these, only the magazines. I had to leave for work so I didn't get a chance to call the company back. The next day I called the number on the paper work that they sent me and I told the woman on the phone my name and that i wanted to cancel my subscription. The lady was EXTREMELY rude and said "OK.." and then just hung up. I was unsure if my subscription was truly canceled, or if I was being lied to. I waited about a month and I didn't notice any more money being wired out of my account...Until the 15th of the month came around and I was billed 59.65 from two different places, none that actually came from the location the man told me of! I watched my account and it was being drained every 2 days instead of only once a month, and it was no longer 19.99, it was 69.00! I called the number the company gave me again and I told them that I canceled my subscription 2 months ago and I was still being billed. They told me they would switch me over to their supervisor and the problem would be handled. In the background, I could hear screaming again and people saying things such as, "YEAH MAN, WOO, ALRIGHT" the person who answered the phone and didn't give me her name when I asked her, she just changed the topic onto what I was asking her about. I told her I can celled my account and I was still being billed. She told me she was sorry about that and she would get to working on that. I told her thank you and then she started talking really fast and saying things like, "Instead of canceling your payments, since you made a recorded pact, you have to finish your payments and then it will be renewed." I told her over and over that I WANTED TO CANCEL! She kept pushing me and pushing me to not cancel the account and she would just lower the payments. I asked her how much she would lower the payments and that I was angry because I NEVER received any magazines from them. She asked me how old I was and I told her 19. She said I had to be 21 to have the payments lowered anymore, so she said she would put on my application that I was 21. I didn't think that was even ILLEGAL! She said she could lower my payments from 69.95 to 59.30 for 30 months. She didn't speak slow, as normal. Suddenly I was in another recording pledging my pact I could hear kids screaming in the background and I asked her what was going on, she told me there was a party in the office and she was making a special call for me. I then KNEW I was being scammed. The lady didn't even give me a chance to say anything and was getting pushy about me answering yes or no. She rambled on and I didn't understand a single word and when I asked her to repeat, she got rude and impatient. I also was getting fed up with these people. I just hung up. After that incident, I WATCH my bank account and suddenly I was being billed from FOUR different locations again! I called my bank and disputed the charges I could. I asked my grandfather what I should do, because no matter how many times i call asking to cancel, they always pushed me into lowering my payments. He told me to call the Attorney Office in your state and report them. Before I made this report, I called a day ago to speak to the company about canceling again, but the lady who answered just got rude with me saying I couldn't cancel because I wasn't done with my payments and just hung up on me. I want to put these people behind bars. I am not the only one they have scammed. I have read online complaints about this company on how they always charge more then they say they are and go by 3 different names. I feel that I have been unfairly cheated out of my money and I just want them to stop billing me. I am fresh out of high school and I don't want my credit to be bad before college. Please help me to solve this problem. The address for the company is as follows: National Readers Service 1709 South Braddock Avenue #166 Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Phone number: (877) 608-2470 Open Monday-Friday 9am-8pm

They call all the time! We tell them no more subscriptions, yet they send more and more. Stupid magazines come in the mail that we have no interest i! They keep debiting our checking account with random amounts from $11.00 to over $100.00!!! Can't stop them. Tried putting a stop payment on the checks, yet they change the name slightly or city, state, and they continue to go thru!!!

these people keep calling my phone everyday of the week i cancel and they say to cancel u have to pay 385. 00 dollor they crazy

After finally talking to someone. they tell me I can't cancel. I explained the situation at the time. That I was with My grandchildren at time. Was extremly over stressed. They made it all sound good. Now they won't aloud me to cancel my membership. since when is it you can't cancel something you don't want, or need. After I did the math. It's a ripp-off.. I want out.And they have the nerve to ask for $700.00 and change. To get out of it. DON'T THINK SO...