Magazine sales scam targets cities in Arizona

The Arizona attorney general is warning about a fraudulent door-to-door magazine sales scam targeting cities throughout Arizona.

Residents of at least five Phoenix-area cities and Prescott have been visited by young people who identified themselves as students from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

The "students" told residents they were selling magazine subscriptions to earn money for a summer trip to London. Residents were asked to write checks payable to Integrity TGM. Several "students" said they lived in the neighborhood or nearby, according to a news release.

A call to the Attorney General's Office to confirm if there were any complaints from Yuma was not returned Friday.

According to the release, the Cronkite school does not solicit donations door-to-door and is not associated with this magazine sales effort.

For more information from the Cronkite School, contact Associate Dean Frederic Leigh at 1-480-965-5011 or at frederic.leigh@asu.edu.

Those who may have been victims of fraud are urged to call the Attorney General’s Office toll-free at 1-800-352-8431.