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GameStop doesn't do it to scam people. They do it because people got scammed. They're a reputable business and their credit cards are managed by a reputable bank (Comenity).

There ARE fraudsters that will send out notifications like that with fake information for the company, trying to trick you into telling them your personal information by calling the number on the letter -- the number goes to a call center that asks you for information to 'verify' your account and then they use that for identity fraud.

It can be hard to tell the difference between the two. The safest way to deal with it is to ignore the phone number on the mailer and call the number on the back of your card. If you don't actually have an account with them, then look up their customer service phone number somewhere else because it's possible someone took out an account in your name as a way to commit fraud.



The thing with the subscriptions isn't technically a scam, just bad communication. They don't have a good way to tell if your subscription is up-to-date or not, so if you've ever had a subscription ever they contact you just to be sure. It's annoying and possibly a little bit sketchy, but the system works well enough that you shouldn't get double-charged for it -- you ought to get what you pay for.



As for the address... Probably they got an address update notification to tell them that someone already in their system (i.e. you) has a new mailing address and it automatically updated, regardless of where you are relative to a brick-and-mortar store.