Magazine Publishers Service My visa was supposed to be entered into a draw and I was supposed to get some magazines - instead I get charged $700 US and a 12 month contract! Montreal Quebec

 On March 23 2015 I received a phone call from a lady (with no introduction as to where she was calling from) saying my visa was being entered into a draw to win $25000. I would also recieve a diamond watch and 4 magazines. She said I could cancel the magazines at anytime I wish. There would be a ONE TIME payment of $57.50 US. Sure, at that very moment it sounded convincing. I was not left with any type of contact information (phone number or email) for this company. Later that day a transaction went through on my account so I figured that was the ONE payment I had to make. Then sometime between April 5 and 10, I recieved a letter from this company indicating the details of the "contract/subscription" that I had apparently signed up for. It said I had a contract of 12 months and a total of $690 US dollars that would come out of my visa account in small incriments each month until fully paid. It also indicated that I had 10 days to cancel - which wasn't possible because the letter came in PAST the cancelation date. On April 23 2015 a second payment came out of my account. Frustrated and confused I called the company to explain that I was mislead into this contract and wanted to cancel. Of course they gave me a hard time and refused cancelation.

On May 4 2015 I called my visa company and had them cancel my visa so no further payments could go through. On May 6 2015 I called the company again to try and cancel this contract. The lady again told me that I could not cancel and that I agreed to the payments. She played a recording of me agreeing to the payments and I explained again that I was mislead into the terms and misinformed from the assosciate. She said that I could have hung up as it was a telemarketer - basically admitting it was a scam and could have gotten out of it at that moment. Frustrated and angry, I hung up. My next step is taking to a lawyer because I REFUSE to make any further payments ! I don't know what to do and I really hope this helps other people who are affected by such a scam.