The Seattle Times recently sent a warning to its subscribers
about a nationwide scam that sends fraudulent renewal notices to both Times
subscribers and non-subscribers.
According to the Times, the notices may refer to a variety of
company names, including:
Readers Payment Service, Associated Publishers Network, publisherpayment.com, unitedpubex.com,
Orbital Publishing Group, Publishers Billing Exchange, United Publisher
Service, Magazine Billing Network. The scammers may use other company names
also. The Seattle Times emphasizes that none of these companies are associated
with The Seattle Times.
In addition, the fraudulent notices will have the following
characteristics:
• Notices may reference a renewal notice, new order, or
renewal service.
• The notices ask for the check to be made out to a company
other than The Seattle Times.
• The suspect remittance address could be a P.O. Box in White
City, OR, Henderson, NV, or Reno, NV. No remittance address other than the
Seattle Times' address is valid.
• It appears that the notices are sent randomly to
individuals within the Seattle Times market, both to existing subscribers and
to people who have no current subscriber relationship with The Seattle Times.
The Seattle Times Company advised its subscribers that its
legitimate renewal notices will have you make payment to The Seattle Times and
that payments should be sent to:
The Seattle Times Company
P.O. Box 34698Seattle, WA 98124-1698
The Seattle Times has notified federal law enforcement
authorities about this scam.
The Times strongly urges you that if you receive this
fraudulent notice that you do not respond to it.
Also, if you receive a fraudulent renewal notice it asks that
you help The Seattle Times assist federal law enforcement by sending The Times
a copy of the notice to:
The Seattle Times:
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