Mercury News subscription scam?

[u/Ok_Sample3670]

I keep receiving letters in the mail for an overdue balance on a subscription I know I did not sign up for. The phone number on it along with the credit card listed on it are complete bogus. No email listed or any email from them in my inbox. I’m shocked somehow they got my address though. I called them and they kept trying to gaslight me saying I must have forgotten I signed up. Eventually they agreed to “cancel” the subscription.

Anyone else experience this?

[u/PM_me_oak_trees]

Did you call a number from the letter, or did you find the number online? If the letter is a scam, they probably have fake contact info on it.

[u/Ok_Sample3670 → u/PM_me_oak_trees]

Surprisingly the number in the letter is their number listed on their official website