scam scam scam
Complaint
brian
Country: United States
so i got a txt message from 8777895256 saying i won $200 gas card for a one time fee of 2.95, well thanks to the net, i asked the name of there company and googled it and sure enough it was a scam, they actually charge your card 39.95 a month, and legally you agreed by giving them the right when you agree to the face 200 gas card, and when they give you the cancel your subscription number, and believe it or not, its a wrong number, all i can say is THANK YOU GOD for the internet, stupid foriegners, know i think we all kno how most of them are rich there dirty lil #$T^%^# So please be careful what you do, and always look the company up before hand
Comments
They set out to con you, with a deceptive offer to get your account information, intending to cram as many charges as they could before you got wise and closed your account.
The "gas card" is a sham, with enough hoops to jump through it's worthless, and they can still "lose" your requests for the "gas refunds". The "one time fee of 2.95" was only to get your account information, so all the other monthly charges could be much larger. The "cancellation" process is a sham, and as you found, they "mistakenly" provide a wrong number as an additional barrier. The whole scheme is rigged to ensure you could never get $200 in "gas refunds" before cancelling with no additional charges. In fact, the monthly charges are guaranteed to eat up your account faster than the "gas refunds" will put anything back, assuming you actually got any "gas refunds".
Numerous similar fraud complaints:
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/tVjGDiBLDgDTZAjNU8Yyyg
Your bank can reverse unauthorized charges if you dispute within 60 days of the statement date of the statement showing the disputed charges, under FCBA or FRB Reg. E.