Universal Subscription Agency subscription SCAM Ripoff Las Vegas Nevada

Two high school aged girls knocked at my door offering me overpriced magazine subscriptions so that they could go to Cancun. That should've been an immediate tip off right?

I felt uneasy with their plying me with compliments and trying to get all personal with me but I gave them $20 check and a $34 check for a subscription to go to a children's hospital. I thought it was strange how the one lead girl was so chatty, high-fived me and asked me for water, and I realize now, reading some other reports, that it must be some sort of script to add to get the victim's defense down.

After they left, I talked to my sister who was also scammed by the same company ... her subscription never came through. I became very angry and found this website and all of these reports, realizing I must've been scammed too. Then I called my bank to stop the check. I vented to the customer rep and he said the same thing had happened to his cousin while he ended up getting half a subscription.

I don't know if this is illegal, but it definitely sketchy and I feel so violated. I wish I had trusted my instincts. Any way of warning others out there BEFORE this happens?

Elaine
Germantown, Maryland
U.S.A.