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"Paid To Drive Concept By Samsung" Auto Car Wrapping Advertising Scam

The "Paid To Drive Concept By Samsung" auto car wrap or autowrapping advertising below is a scam. The scam claims that vehicle owners with a driver's license can be paid $500 or more weekly via check (cheque) to have their vehicle wrapped with an advertisement. The scammers behind this fraudulent scheme or scam 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.

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Recipients of the following "Paid To Drive Concept By Samsung" email message or something similar are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it.

The "Paid To Drive Concept By Samsung" Auto Car Wrapping Advertising Scam

From: Donald Micheal donm1800@gmail.com
Date: 5/7/2017 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Paid To Drive Concept By Samsung - Linda Sue Rabuck

Dear,

We are pleased to inform you that you meet our laid out plans for this advertisement as your information has been received. Below are some questions you need to answer before we can proceed.

How long do you intend to carry the advert on your car 7 weeks or 3 months?
Do you use your car everyday ?
Have you crashed a car between August 2016 till date?

Samsung will take full responsibility for placing and remove decal on your car and it will not resort to any damage. Also we have OUT-SOURCED the payment of funds to you to another Agency, so please do not be alarmed by the payment not coming directly from Samsung. Your upfront payment would made after you have sent a reply with answer to the questions above and a confirmation email saying we should go ahead and mail out funds and we will like you to send the picture of the vehicle.

Acknowledge receipt of this email immediately.

Kind Regards!

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