Channel 6 News has gotten several complaints from residents in Ferndale and Moxham. They believe the company selling these magazines, Mags-R-Us, doesn't want to sell them magazines but take their money.

Channel 6 News spoke with one victim by the name of Mandi. She says a young man came to her house selling these magazines. She also tells us he was in a run-down brown Chevrolet conversion van with Florida plates. Two other people stayed inside the van. Mandi says he told her family he had to sell a certain amount of magazines to get a scholarship for school. They felt empathetic so they agreed to give him some money for a Readers Digest. Mandi says the man was upset they could only give him $10 in cash. According to Mandi, he wanted a check written out to cash. The man gave them a receipt but told them to send the company $17 more to get their magazines sent in a few months.

Mandi says, "It was the next day when we thought, ok, maybe they weren't legit. That's when my husband went on line and he was looking and stuff and we didn't think the police would be able to find them because a day had passed and we figured they were probably gone by now."

Looking online, Mandi found complaints from other Mags-R-Us customers...all of them feeling scammed.

This has gone on in Ferndale and Moxham. Channel 6 News spoke to police in Johnstown and Ferndale, as well as the Attorney General's office. Johnstown Police haven't heard from the company Mags-R-Us. It has no permit to sell magazines door-to-door, which Johnstown Police says it needs. Ferndale Police have nothing on the company either and they've gotten no complaints from any residents there. Barry Creany, whos with the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection, says this is the first they've heard of this. They've had no complaints so far about this company, but they have no paper work from it either.

Creany says, "If you're doing a magazine sale, you must have a license issued by the Attorney Generals office. So for the most part I think if people are being approached by a door-to-door magazine seller they need to ask if they have licenses.

Creanys advice: If you're a victim send a notice of cancellation to the company and a complaint to the Attorney General's office. Don't let any salesperson in your home without the proper identification and permits.