Newspapers are being hit by a new wave of scammers targeting their subscribers

The scam's pretty simple: Send print newspaper subscribers what looks like an official bill for their newspaper subscription, and figure that some share of them will either send along a check or – perhaps being a little less web savvy than their peers – go to a totally professional looking website like United Publishers Exchange or Publishers Payment and hand over their credit card info. Read more from Nieman Lab.

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