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December 2016: Readers should be on guard against offers of new Consumer Reports subscriptions or renewals from companies that are not authorized to offer subscriptions on our behalf.  The ones we're aware of include Secured Publisher Mail Center (SPMC), Atlantic Publishers Group, LLC (APG), Pacific Magazine Billing (PMB), Publishers Distribution Services, and Publishers Billing Exchange, and there may be others, as well.

Consumer Reports is taking action to address this problem.  Meanwhile, how can you spot those unauthorized companies?  For starters, an unauthorized mailing may include subscription options for both new subscribers and renewals, or not specify the subscription's expiration date.

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