DENVER—The Colorado Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against 21 magazine sales telemarketing companies accused of deceiving and defrauding consumers across the state and nationwide.
Attorney General John Suthers said Thursday the Denver-area companies preyed on “society’s most vulnerable,” including the elderly and those with cognitive disabilities.
The lawsuit claims the telemarketers contacted consumers who already had subscriptions and pretended to be the company providing the magazines. They are accused of obtaining credit card numbers under false pretenses and of offering to lower subscription payments, when they actually were trying to sign consumers up for new subscriptions.
Suthers says the telemarketers also are suspected of signing consumers up for magazine subscriptions they had not willingly purchased.
The lawsuit seeks fines and restitution.
