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Scamming - Fraud
Scammers are sending out G-Shock car wraps advertising scams to thousands of persons via email messages, Craigslist, and other advertising media. The scams claim that vehicle owners with a driver's license can be paid a certain amount of money weekly via check (cheque) through a courier service to have their vehicle wrapped with a G-Shock advertisement. But, 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.
Beware of "G-Shock Promotion Mix"From: HUBLOT <sabrinadgwa@gmail.com>Date: September 14, 2017 at 4:52:08 AM CDTSubject: Re: G-Shock Promotion MixTop of the day to you,Thank you for your swift response and your willingness to work with us, to this effect you are advise to check your email regularly to get update as to know when your upfront payment will arrive.All materials to wrap the decal on your vehicle will be ordered by the graphic artists company, you will receive $500.00 as your up-front payment along with the graphic artist payment. The rest of the funds should be transferred to the Graphic artist head office that will wrap the decal on your vehicle to get the materials ready.G-SHOCK will take full responsibility of placing and removal of the decal on your Bike/Car/Truck/Boat and it will not cause any damage on it.Note: Please, Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this message so that we can proceed by issuing the upfront payment which is the rental fee for letting our company to use your Bike/Car/Truck/Boat exterior surface for the advert of the G-SHOCK.Regards.© 2017 CASIO BRASIL. Todos os direitos reservadosCasio.
Beware of "G-Shock Promotion Mix"
From: HUBLOT <sabrinadgwa@gmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2017 at 4:52:08 AM CDT
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix
Top of the day to you,
Thank you for your swift response and your willingness to work with us, to this effect you are advise to check your email regularly to get update as to know when your upfront payment will arrive.
All materials to wrap the decal on your vehicle will be ordered by the graphic artists company, you will receive $500.00 as your up-front payment along with the graphic artist payment. The rest of the funds should be transferred to the Graphic artist head office that will wrap the decal on your vehicle to get the materials ready.
G-SHOCK will take full responsibility of placing and removal of the decal on your Bike/Car/Truck/Boat and it will not cause any damage on it.
Note: Please, Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this message so that we can proceed by issuing the upfront payment which is the rental fee for letting our company to use your Bike/Car/Truck/Boat exterior surface for the advert of the G-SHOCK.
Regards.
© 2017 CASIO BRASIL. Todos os direitos reservadosCasio.
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This is the second email I got from my reply. Hello, We are please 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.1. How long do you intend to carry the advert on your car 1 month, 2 months or 3 months?2. Do you use your car everyday? Have you crashed a car between Jan 2022 till date?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.Note: JOLT COLA 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 by another Agency so please do not be alarmed by the payment not coming directly from JOLT COLA.Acknowledge receipt of this email immediately.Kind Regards.
I to have been sent an email on this scam as well. When I replied back to them that this is a scam the other end told me that they were afended by my comment. It took them some time to reply back to me.I was asking questions like where is the so-called company located. They gave me false information, because everything the sent me I could not find anything on line about what they sent me then I came upon and abuot gshock watch car advert. Years ago I was scammed and it will not happen again.
Okay.,.so I received a check in the mail for having this decal placed on my car allegedly advertising Casio G-Shock. 1st red flag why isn’t this check issuedL gg. B through G-Shock, Company name on the check is (Freight Carriers)..2nd red flag why doesn’t the graphic designer deposit the check in his or her account take what is needed for the decals install them on my car and then give me what ever they will pay me...3rd and most important “IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND QUACKS LIKE A DUCK!” “ITS A B****Y DUCK”
Now they have taken it to the next level. They offered me a personal assistant job for $370 a week. Run the first errand and see if I'm a good fit. Then they may offer me long term weekly employment.
Definately a scam...Casio's Edifice Car Wrap! Need to be put down!! Anyway can help will do.
Even though I assumed this was a scam, I answered some basic questions but when the questions got too personal regarding information I clicked off. After receiving a text thanking me for my interest and advising me my check was in the mail with instructions, I texted back "don't bother, not interested."The check arrived the next day by FedEx anyway. The check was from Chicago and obviously phony. The word "deposit" was misspelled. A little research confirmed that even though the bank on the check existed the address was wrong. The name of the Company on the check was a furnished housing complex in Chicago. The name of the person the check was to be mailed to had a bunco history according to Truth Finder.com. As the old saying goes: "If it sounds too good to be true it usually is."
