Discount Gas Club SCAM? - Answers

This is an update on this club as and its shocking!! of 1/09.I also did not get my monthly checks when I sent in the gas receipts on time and in accordance to their rules. I called my bank and they turned it over to their fraud dept. This is what they found out with help from other government people and I was shocked!!!The owners of this club are Steve Lewis and Wayne Shapiro. The club is registered in NV ( red flag) and has an address of 8437 Tuttle Ave., Ste 327, Sarasota FL 34243. The clubs phone #'s are 914-284-8688 & 561-719-8736. The BBB (Better Business Bureau) of Fl has rated them a "D" and the complaints are still coming in. Check them out on the link below:http://westflorida.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=47&bbb=0653&firm=90054066#bbbratingIn the past 90 day period starting back in November 08 their two USA credit card processing companies "shut" them down and froze their money. The companies involved are Pay Pal (top USA Co.) and another CA merchant processing company. The fraud dept. also found out Pay Pal was mislead into the type of business Steve Lewis and Wayne Shapiro were running. Both the USA credit card processing companies have received so many complaints and charge backs from club members they had to freeze the clubs money to protect themselves and all the consumers. The company in CA stopped doing business with the club in January and had to keep the clubs money for 6 months to protect the comsumer..... Go USA Banks!!This brings us to Feburary 2009. The head of the fraud department of my bank said to see if a company is good or bad ..."just follow the money". Steve Lewis and Wayne Shapiro is now running and processing all the members money through a merchant credit card processing company in "India" called Allie Wallet. They have had this set up for some time and our banking officials also told me there are laws in the USA that no USA bank can have a merchant cc processing company off shore and espically in India. When the money is processed in India it is then sent to England and deposited into a bank called B & S Card Services. The money is then sent back to the USA and deposited into a bank called RBC Bank. RBC Bank is out of Canada!!Our banking officials also said no respected/approved USA cc merchant bank will do business with this club. My banking officials see so many red flags and it wont be long before the IRS and Home Land Security will be involved!!I am a single Mom with 2 children and I was scammed. Please post your comments and concerns. Stop doing business with this club. It's a scam and so much more!!.____________________________________________________________________Well, first of all I only spent $39.95 for a $60 worth of gas card. I did this in Sept 2008. I got printed copies of what they call vouchers, with a number on each voucher. You can only submit 1 voucher per month for a $10 rebate. You must send in a receipt that you purchased gas anywhere ,but must be over $10 worth of gas. You send in the receipt and the voucher. My first voucher I sent in I got a money order for $10 back within days.In October 2008 I sent in another voucher with my receipt and never got anything back. I sent them an email, which they stated to me that they had paid me $20 in Sept in the form of a check. I wrote back telling them I never got $20 let alone a check. I got a money order! for $10.Never heard anything back after 4 emails. I tired calling and let messages on their voice mail. Have never gotten a call back.In November 2008 I sent in another voucher and receipt and it is now December 2008 and have not gotten any money back. Still sending them emails, still leaving messages on their voice mail.Looks like a scam to me!It is called the Discount Gas Club as advertized in GasBuddy.com.There is one out there called GasMaster, but do not know much about them.