How Can I Tell If I Am Being Scammed by Someone Posing as a Subscription Agent of Mother Earth News?

Example of a scam renewal mail piece below:

Renewal Mailing Scam

We have received many complaints about an unauthorized company targeting our subscribers with an invalid renewal offer. The company typically shows a return address with a P.O. Box in White City, Ore., or 610 E. Bell Rd. #494, Phoenix, AZ.

The company uses the following aliases and many others not listed:

Publisher Payment Center

Publishers Billing Exchange

Publishers Distribution Services

Circulation Billing Services

Liberty Publishers Services

Magazine Publishers Services

Magazine Payment Services

Periodical Billing Services

Magazine Billing & Collection Service

Magazine Billing Services

We are not affiliated with this company. We do not know how the scam artists obtain the mailing lists they use to victimize subscribers. If you receive one of these offers, please disregard the renewal and toss it out. You may contact our Customer Care staff directly if you have any questions or would like to renew your subscription directly at:

1-800-234-3368

Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Central Time

Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Central Time

Outside the U.S. and Canada, call 1-785-274-4300

This fraudulent company is based in White City, Ore., or Phoenix, Ariz. The individuals running this renewal scam pose as subscription sales agents for MOTHER EARTH NEWS and other magazine publishers. They illegally contact our readers, charging well more than a typical renewal, and then they pocket a large percentage as their "commission."

They operate strictly through the postal service and do not contact subscribers by telephone or email.

Please be wary of companies that collect magazine subscriptions and renew them as a third-party agency. Any mailed renewal notice from MOTHER EARTH NEWS will always display the magazine logo and ask that payments be sent to our customer service center at:

MOTHER EARTH NEWS

1503 SW 42nd St

Topeka, KS 66609

Telephone Customer Care at 800-234-3368

https://www.motherearthnews.com/subscriptions/home.aspx You may renew directly with MOTHER EARTH NEWS online by visiting:

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