Auto Car Wrapping Advertising Scams and Fake Checks

Auto Car Wrapping Advertising Scams and Fake Checks

Scammers are sending out Auto Car Wrap or Autowrapping advertising scams to thousands of persons via email message, Craigslist and other advertising medium. The scams claim that vehicle owners with a driver's license can be paid $200,$300 or more weekly via check (cheque) to have their vehicle wrapped with an advertisement. The scammers behind this fraudulent scheme will send you fake checks, ask you to take your share of the money and wire the rest to a graphic designer. But, the checks are fakes and will bounce. The wired money will actually go to the scammers behind this fraudulent scheme. You will then be left to pay back the bank the wired amount and other charges associated with the processing of the check. Whenever you receive offers that are too good to be true, please do your research before participating, even if the offers seem legitimate.

A List of Some of Vehicle Wrapping Advertising Scams

Hello,

Thanks for responding to our message. Eden Vinyl wrap advertising is a marketing practice of partially covering (wrapping) a vehicle in our company's advert, thus turning it into a mobile billboard. This is achieved by simply installing the vinyl sheet on a small portion of your vehicle surface.

Eden Springs is a leading provider of workplace drinks solutions, offering a complete, one-stop service to meet every organization’s water and coffee needs. We are currently seeking individuals in Canada to join our marketing campaign by installing our advert on their vehicle at $300 per week. This earning is classified as private earning, thus not applicable to tax deduction.

How it works?

Here's the basic premise of the “paid to drive” concept: EDEN SPRINGS - The Water & Coffee Company seek residents in the Canada who drives to go about their normal routine as they usually do, only with a small advert for "Eden Springs" placed on your car. The ads are typically vinyl decals, also known as "auto wraps," that almost seem to be painted on the vehicle, and which will cover a little portion of your car's exterior surface.

What does the company get out of this type of ad strategy?

Lots of exposure and awareness. The auto wraps tend to be colorful, eye-catching and attract lots of attention. Plus, it's a form of advertising with a captive audience, meaning people who are stuck in traffic can't avoid seeing the wrapped car alongside them. This program will last for 5 months and the minimum you can participate is a month.

What is the Duration?

The minimum term is 4 weeks and maximum is 20 weeks.

Would the wrap/decal damage the paint of my car?

The decal doesn't damage the paint of car and will be removed by our representative once the contract expire. We will be responsible for installation and removal of the wrap.

You will be compensated with $300.00 per week which is essentially a “rental” payment for letting our company use the space and no fee is required from you. EDEN SPRINGS shall provide experts that would handle the advert placing on your car. You will receive an upfront payment of $300.00 in form of a check via courier service for accepting to carry this advert on your car. It is very easy and simple, no application fee required. To register, you are required to provide the information below and confirm your interest and commitment to working with us in order to proceed.

Full Name:Mailing Address, City, Province, Postal code, Apt # if any:

Mobile:
Age:
Occupation:
Number of Cars you wish to Wrap:
Type of Car(s):
Model/Year:
Present Mileage:
Wrap Duration 4 weeks or 20 weeks:

Your swift response will be appreciated.

Best Regards,
Nathan Dunn
Promotion Manager
Eden Springs - The Water & Coffee Company

We are currently seeking to employ in the USA How would you like to make money by simply driving your car advertising for HP.

How it works? Here’s the basic premise of the "paid to drive" concept: HP seeks people -- regular citizens,professional drivers to go about their normal routine as they usually do, only with a small advert for "HP" plastered on your car. The advert are typically vinyl decals, also known as "auto wraps,"that almost seem to be painted on the vehicle, and which will cover any portion of your car's exterior surface.

What does the company get out of this type of ad strategy? Lots of exposure and awareness. The auto wraps tend to be colorful, eye-catching and attract lots of attention. Plus, it's a form of advertising with a captive audience,meaning people who are stuck in traffic can't avoid seeing the wrapped car alongside them. This program will last for 12 months and the minimum you can participate is 1 month.

You will be compensated with $450 per week which is essentially a "rental"payment for letting our company use the space no fee is required from you HP shall provide experts that would handle the advert placing on your car. You will receive an up front payment of $450 inform of check via courier service for accepting to carry this advert on your car.

We will contact you immediately we receive this information. Kind Regards!

© ®HP Car Advertisement. All rights reserved™.

Subject: RE: JOB OPENING :ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK®

Would You Wrap Your Car in an Ad for $300 Weekly? If you have got a car, truck or a bike you are qualified. The wrap doesn't damage paint. Reply if interested.

Best Regards,
David Christian
Hiring Manager,
ROCKSTAR Energy Drink®

Earn $400 weekly by driving your vehicle to your routes. Johnnie Walker company is offering a 3 months advertising program for decal (Auto Wrap) You must have a car or any moving around vehicle...If interested contact John on johnterry704 @gmail.com

Our Company is asking all car owners with driver's license , who are above 20 years of age to advertise with there car for JOHNNIE WALKER .You will be receiving $500 weekly as the payment for allowing JOHNNIE wrap your car, if interested email back asap.--

Hello,
Our company is one of the most innovative Advertising agencies with clients allover the world. We have a target to advertise so many products for a number of companies mostly in USA, as a whole and we also have representatives in this regions.

The adverts are typically vinyl decals, also known as "auto wraps," that almost seem to be painted on the vehicle and which will cover any portion of your car's exterior surface.
What does the company get out of this type of advert strategy?
Lots of exposure and awareness. The auto wraps tend to be colorful and eye-catching and attract lots of attention. Plus, it's a form of advertising with a captive audience, this means people who are stuck in traffic can't avoid seeing the wrapped car alongside. This program will last for 3 months and the minimum period you can participate is 1 month.

You will be compensated with a sum of $400 ( four hundred dollars per Week), which is essentially essentially a "rental" payment for letting our company use the space.

We shall provide experts that will handle the advert placement on your car. You will receive an upfront payment of $300 ( Three hundred dollars) for accepting to carry this advert on your car and other weekly payments.

AUTO WRAP seeks people -- regular citizens, professional drivers to go about their normal routine as they usually do, only with an advert for "AUTO WRAP" plastered on your car. The ads are typically vinyl decals, also known as "AUTO WRAP s" that's almost seem to be painted on the vehicle and which will cover any portion of your car's exterior surface.

You will receive an up front payment of $400 inform of check via courier services for accepting to carry this advert on your car. It is very easy and simple, No application fees required, Contact the E-mail along with the information's as requested, if you are interested in this offer.

Hello ,

Most companies spend their money on ad agencies, TV commercials, radio spots, and billboards to tell you how good their products are. At Monster we choose none of the above.Instead, we support car Wrap advertising. We back athletes so they can make a career out of their passion. We promote and sponsor concert tours, so our favorite bands can visit your home town. We celebrate with our fans and riders by throwing parties and making the coolest events we can think of a reality. We are currently seeking to employ individuals worldwide, to help make our products known worldwide by simply branding your car with a Monster ad. It sure sounds cool driving your car with the Monster Energy Drink® ad and make money out of it for doing this.

You will be compensated with $400 (Four hundered dollars per week),which is essentially a "rental" payment for letting our company use the space and we shall provide Experts that would handle the advert placing on your car.

Interested person should please feel Free to fill out the information below and send it back to us today and we will get back to you with details.

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November 14, 2021 at 9:21 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Downtown Redmond, Redmond, Washington, United States

Yep got a check for $5000 as soon as it instructed to purchase a money order with some of the funds RED FLAG! I alerted the company Alliance Beverage and sent photos of the check and letter. Ugh

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October 25, 2020 at 10:12 PM by
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an anonymous user from: St Louis, Missouri, United States

Yes I was sent a check for $2,850 took it to the bank to open a different account just to see if it was legit but found out the company never existed

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October 12, 2020 at 6:16 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Media, Pennsylvania, United States

My son received responded to a text and received the $2600 check. I am sorry I threw it away. But there was no company name or address or phone number on letter head (red flag). The organization name printed on the check was a health care facility (red flag). Horrible grammar and sentence structure read like a scam text (red flag) so I googled that email address and landed on this page. Thank you for confirming my suspicions and saving my son a lot of trouble!

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September 14, 2020 at 8:50 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Springfield, Missouri, United States

it's a scam, had it checked out before I did it,& I was thankful that I did not do it

ALL LIES. I COULD'VE USED THE MONEY TO BUT

NOT LIKE THIS!

Springfield, Mo

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September 11, 2020 at 2:05 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Salida, California, United States

Just got a check for $3341. To have a decal put on my auto and then text a batch Supervisor would tell me what to do next, the said beverage company is legit but the rest is a scam like Tropicana scam going around . Trust no one, I almost did

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March 31, 2020 at 2:20 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Help, is it real, John Morris auto car decal advertisement.

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August 13, 2020 at 3:15 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Hi. I received the same thing as you. A check for $2,920 with a letter from John Morris - Auto Wrap Campaign Manager at Car Decal Advertisement. His email is JML0623@gmail.com. What did you do?

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March 31, 2020 at 2:25 AM by
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Post a copy of the email or message that you have received.

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February 22, 2020 at 1:24 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Lehi, Utah, United States

My question is Bang Energy Drink car wrap scam is it a scam, bank claims check cleared.

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February 22, 2020 at 5:07 PM by
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It is a scam. After a few days the bank will realize the check is fraudulent.

Please forward the emails you have received from them to us at info@onlinethreatalerts.com.

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January 25, 2020 at 6:35 AM by
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"Getting emails from Owen McEvan owen.millerlite@gmail.com with instructions about a check for installing the wrap and first paycheck. Made him send me a contact# which was 7793335701. I then started talking to a Colin at that number who sounded Asian although he tried to mask his voice by mumbling. They keep asking about a check that is supposed to be delivered by UPS. "

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