Tonight I think some pretending to be a Bass Mag. tried to phone scam me

[Corbis]

Someone called me at 9:00 tonight saying they were in NJ and that my subscription for either "Bass Guitar" or "Bass Player" (he was hard to understand) was past due and I needed to pay 24.95. This was confusing to me since I always try and send a check when I subscribe to a mag.

He also went saying that the easiest way to do this was to give him a debt or credit card. At this point I'm sure its a scam.

I told him no send me a bill. He then said that I should just send him a check at an address to billing. He was VERY hard to understand but this is what I manage to write down. (The - are when I couldn't understand him)

DallAmerica -----
-96 M----
Mahwuah NJ
9745--

Anyway I checked my Bass Guitar account and I'm paid up till Dec 2006 and and they aren't in NJ. There's not a way to check you Bass Player account online but I just sent them a check a week and a half ago and they are located in CALI. not NJ.

Also the time too. It was 9:00 here wouldn't that make it 10:00 if he was calling from Jersey? Who works at 10? Telemarketers usually call around 5-7 here.

Maybe I'm wrong. Is there a bass mag. billing department in NJ?


Either way I'm upset since I was watching "Red Dragon" on tv and I had to stop watching it for the call, to see if I was paid up, and to post here.

[Josh Ryan]

Send him some ass pennies. Anybody remember that one?

[nashvillebill]

Sounds like a scam to me, any reputable magazine would send you a bill in writing....

If somebody gets your credit card number and expiration date off your card, along with your billing address, they can charge a lot of stuff before anybody finds out. I'm glad you didn't fall for somebody asking for info over the phone.

[JPJ]

Music Player is in Colorado, if I'm not mistaken (the parent company/publisher of Bass Player, Guitar Player, a keyboard magazine, the BP/GP buyers guide, etc.). I'd bet you a dollar that this was definately a scam. If your subscription is up, you'll get a notice in the mail (and you can always check on your mailing label...it will tell you when you're due).

[Joe Nerve]

There are companies now that follow up on subscriptions, and they have telemarketers doing it. I thought I had gotten scammed cuz I followed through with one of those phone calls - had them bill me though - and realized when I got the bill that it was some company I had never heard of. I called BassGuitar mag to ask them what it was all about and they said it was fine. It was.


I wouldn't give anyone any credit info though. Tell them to renew your subscription and send you the bill. f they don't want to then I'd say it's a scam. Skrew em.

[Surgeon]

Same guy called here and offered to sell me some seashore property in Kansas.

Glad you kept your credit card #s in your wallet.

[Corbis]

Originally Posted by JPJ

I'd bet you a dollar that this was definately a scam.

Ok I'll take you on that bet. Now if you could email me your credit card information......

I tear off the shipment sticker when I get it so I can't look when it is up. Bass Guitar I'm paid up till 2006. I emailed Bass Player about my balance but like I said my 1 yr subscription was up and that check was cashed. My subscription has been up for 2 months and I just sent my renewal card in this month along with a check in the same envolope, it however has not been cashed. But they way the guy talked he acted like I had never paid this company and he gave me untill April 9th to pay or "my credit would be ruined with this company". He then asked if I had ever gotten a bill and I said no. He never responded to that and just told me to send the check to the address in my early post.