"G-Shock Promotion" Car Wrap Advertisement Scam

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 issued
L 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."

Here is another scam, please do not follow the instructions in it:

"---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Cedric mrs"
Date: Nov 10, 2017 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix [#68]

You're to deduct your first week pay of $500 and have the rest balance of $1430 send to the specialist that will come to your place via MoneyGram wire transfer for them to use the funds to get all the materials needed for the job cause we have 834 cars and trucks to wrap in your state, Our specialist will use the funds to get all the materials needed for the job and gas for transportation, Deduct whatever MoneyGram charges from the rest $1430.

Casio will take full responsibility for placing and remove decal on your car and it will not resort to any damage,You will receive $500 Pay check every week for 3 months

Here is the specialist information where you need to send the funds to via Moneygram

Name: Craig Vanitem
City: Nashville
State: Tn
Zip: 37011

Once you have the funds sent i will need all this information below.

1- Sender's full name and address
2- 8 Digit ref #
3- Total amount sent
4- Date and time with your address where you want the specialist to meet you to wrap your car.

Thanks."

Received my check today in the amount of $1980.00 Casino G-Shock Promotion Mix. They first contacted me via text message. Then email, from Ben Woodbrun. I called the bank that was on the check Northwest Bank out of Iowa. They assured me it was a fraudulent check. This promotion is a scam!

Received via email:

"On the 10th of this month, I was supposed to receive my 1st payment of $500.00 which I was to receive weekly for Casino's G-shock Promotion Mix to put their promotional sign on either side of my truck.

It sure seemed authentic, however it wasn't revealed to me yet that I was to cash a huge check and send pieces of it to different people, all this info would be in the letter that was to come with the check for my payment which I thought was a bit different getting paid before I even did any advertising.

The package was to be at my address on the 10th of this month however it didn't come, they had sent me a tracking No. So I used it and this is when I found out they had forwarded it to another address in Bullhead City, Az, so being upset I wrote them back and told them what I thought and how irresponsible it is to run business this way plus I wrote to Casino's home base because I knew now it was bogus.

Today I received a letter out of the blue from another person and in it is a letter with instructions on what I'm to do and a check for 3,550.82. This letter is from a guy named Franklin Morgan, Marketing Manager(CASIO INC) also the funds less $500.00 I'm supposed to buy 5 postal money orders in the amount of $600 each and post it overnight delivery with a sending fee of $50.00 included.

These supposedly are the funds for the specialist company in charge of placing/removal of the decal, which none of it makes sense but this is what letter says(one would have to be extremely stupid or just willing to do it)and then send it all to Melissa Benz, 10221 Hornbeam Blvd. Louisville, Ky 40228
Then kindly send photo of receipt of postage and tracking No. To: 304-303-5846
/Feedback-casioinc.com.... wow!! Just SAD! Thank you for being here, Kelly

P.S. if u would like the letter and check please let me know otherwise I will shred them."

Received via email:

"Hi!

I received the check from "Barbra Diamond," and although I blocked her number, she is texting me off other numbers now. Let me know if you would like a copy of the check. Otherwise, I will shred it.

Thanks!
Julia"

#1 Red Flag - I was contacted via a text message.

#2 Red Flag - Poor English grammar, punctuation, sentence structure and capitalization

#3 Red Flag - They ignored my request to see a photo of the decal

#4 Red Flag - Check was sent without my request. It was sent from Dover, New Jersey, but upon checking with FedEx tracking the package was picked up in Savannah, GA, even though the company "outsourced" for the payment of funds was a Valve Company in Bakersfield, CA.

#5 Red Flag - The check was drawn on Citizens Business Bank in Bakersfield. When I contacted them to verify the check I was told by their fraud department that they had received several reports of fraud.

#6 Red Flag - Valley Valve Company in Bakersfield,CA had no knowledge of this check and does not do business with this bank.

#7 Red Flag - The "small letter" sent with the check instructs you to send a "TEXT MESSAGE only to 402 364-0438 for verification of the check

#8 Red Flag - The "small letter" is signed: Regards, Pavement Secure Departmen". The bank instructed us to file a complaint with the Postmaster General for mail fraud.

I was also contacted via text message and unfortunately got scammed. They have now sent a check to my husband and my friend. Do not do this.

Received this text:

"FRM:pamellarf-gmail.com
SUBJ:Paid To Drive Concept By Casio G-SHOCK
MSG:Hello will you allow Casio G-SHOCK to put a small sticker on your CAR, TRUCK, OR MOTORCYCLE. For Budweiser new product advert and receive $500 every week the program will last three months if interested click on this link for full details of the job

hxxps://goo.gl/EWqfHc

If the link is not working. Please email to: barbra54f-gmail.com
2017 Casio G-SHOCK
Recruiting Manager
Barbra Diamond(End)"

Here is another scam:

"From: Barbra Diamond
Date: October 8, 2017 at 5:29:07 AM CDT
Subject: G-Shock Promotion Mix Result #1214247

Hi ,

This is to inform you that the payment you need for the advertisement to be pasted on your car will be mailed out to your address any moment from now, so kindly check your email every day for updates.

Terms and condition(s)

Note: You will receive a check payment which will cover your one weeks upfront payment including the expenses of the specialist/ expert in fixing the decal advert wrap on your vehicle.

However, from the amount you will be receiving,the sum of $500 should be deducted which is for your one weeks upfront payment for working with us carrying the advert on your car and the remaining balance will be sent to the specialist/expert,who shall be coming over to handle the advert placement on your car.

This is done in order to avoid delay or any inconvenience that may arise from your part. Also we do not want you to involve any of your personal funds in this program that is why all fund is made available to you. Moreover, you do not need to drive to Specialist/experts handling the advert placement.

After the duration of your service and you want to discontinue, the specialist/ expert shall come again and remove the advert placement on your car with no traces of ever placing a vinyl decals on your vehicle.

For further information, you can get back to Us swiftly. We look forward to working with You Soon.

Regards

© 2017 Casio G-SHOCK
Recruiting Manager
Barbra Diamond"

Received via email:

"I received this second email after responding to a previous email. This is the Casio g-shock scam.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bailey
Date: October 4, 2017 at 10:17:22 PM PDT
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix - Theresa Ann Earlywine

You do qualify to carry the advert on your vehicle. 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 Casio. so we
are currently working with them on sending out the fund to you to get
the advert placed on your vehicle, Note that the Check payment will be
sent to you to cover your first week salary of $500. And also the
Specialist fund will be included, you will have it deposit and when
the Check clears which will be in a day or two, you are to deduct your
$500 and the rest will be going to the Specialist that will be
responsible for the Advert placement on your vehicle, we will also
send you the information to send it to and Instruction with details
that will guide you on the proceeding for the decal to be placed as
soon as the upfront payment has been delivered to you.

Acknowledge receipt of this email immediately.
© 2017 CASIO AMERICA, INC.
www.casio.com"

Received via email:

"This is the first email I received from these scammers after reps pounding to a jotform I received a text message. I did respond to this email which resulted in a second email I sent you also. It did not feel right to me so I googled Casio scam and learned of the scam. I hate people who prey on innocent trusting people.

I responded to the second email that I was no longer interested in participating and do not send me a check.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bailey
Date: October 3, 2017 at 6:22:47 AM PDT
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix - Theresa Ann Earlywine

Hello,

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 1 month or 3 months?
Do you use your car everyday?
Have you crashed a car between June 2017 till date?

Casio will take full responsibility for placing and remove decal on
your car and it will not resort to any damage. Your first week pay
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 i will like you to send the pics of the vehicle.

Acknowledge receipt of this email immediately.


© 2017 CASIO AMERICA, INC.
www.casio.com"

I received an envelope with a simple piece of typed paper stating that I am to, deposit the check for $2480.80 into my bank account, then go to postal service and purchase 3 Money orders for $650 and overnight it to an address in Georgia. Thankfully, I read this scam before doing anything further.

I received a lot of emails from a person name Ryan lajos. He informed me I was a good pick to advertised for g shock. And a payment was sent out in the amount of 2150.50. It's a scam.

I told them the check was a fake, now they say they are going to police and CIA; don't like threats; they even say they have my information. I hope they show up because I'll be the one calling the police.

Here is another scam:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
"From: "Kauffmann Lila"
Date: Sep 21, 2017 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix

Hello,

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 1 month or 3 months?
Do you use your car everyday?
Have you crashed a car between June 2017 till date?

Casio will take full responsibility for placing and remove decal on your car and it will not resort to any damage. Your first week pay 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 i will like you to send the pics of the vehicle.

Acknowledge receipt of this email immediately.

© 2017 CASIO AMERICA, INC.
www.casio.com"

Sent to us via email:

"Received this after ignoring message a fake check arrived in mail for $1980:

Begin forwarded message:

From: Matthew Bragg
Date: September 21, 2017 at 12:06:46 PM CDT
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix - Christopher Devin Hollingsworth

Hello,

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 1 month or 3 months?
Do you use your car everyday?

CASIO will take full responsibility for placing and remove decal on your car and it will not resort to any damage. Your first week pay 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 i will like you to send the pics of the vehicle.

Acknowledge receipt of this email immediately.

© 2017 CASIO - All Intellectual Property Rights Reserved"

I received a check today from g-shock to place a car wrap on my car how do I know it's a bad check?

I called the bank that the check is supposed to be from and they told it was not their check and to let them know if I get anything else from them.

It is a scam, therefore, the check is bad. Never attempt to cash a bad check because you will pay for it and may get arrested for fraud.

I received an email but didn't respond; then received a check for over $2,000 dollars. I called the sheriff. I knew it was a scam. Then got more emails from them. You know when you receive a check like that it's a scam. Beware.

Here is another scam:

"From: John Hawkins
Date: September 22, 2017 at 3:38:55 PM EDT
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix

We received notifications that the Check have been delivered in your mailbox. kindly, take the check to your bank and have it deposited and wait for the check to clear, get back to us as soon as it been deposited we will proceed from there.

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM, John Hawkins wrote:

We like to bring to your notice that our representative have mail out payment to you and we have been informed that Payment of $2100 was send to you that will cover the decal expenses and your first week payment via USPS with the Tracking # 9405501699320131842046 it will deliver to you today or tomorrow.

© 2017 G-Shock - All Intellectual Property Rights Reserved
www.G-Shock.com"

I have received a check for 1980.00 from hublot advertisement am I'm returning the check to them.

Here is another scam, please do not follow the instructions in it:

"From: William Walker
Date: September 19, 2017 at 10:54:59 AM MST
Subject: Re: G-Shock Promotion Mix - Danielle Leigh Richardson

You do qualify to carry the advert on your vehicle. 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 G-Shock. so we are currently working with them on sending out the fund to you to get the advert placed on your vehicle, Note that the Check payment will be sent to you to cover your first week salary of $500.

And also the Specialist fund will be included, you will have it deposit and when the Check clears which will be in a day or two, you are to deduct your $500 and the rest will be going to the Specialist that will be responsible for the Advert placement on your vehicle, we will also send you the information to send it to and Instruction with details that will guide you on the proceeding for the decal to be placed as soon as the upfront payment has been delivered to you."

G-shock car wrap folks tried to scam me. Send fake check and said it would clear in 24 hours. Idiots did not even send instructions but the check was way above the agreed amount do I assume they wanted me to cash it, then forward my money to etc who is to wrap car, all the while their check bouncing like flubber.

The check was from Discount Heating and Cooling in Wheeling, In, but called them and they told me they get calls from all over the country about "their" checks being used in this G-Shock car wrap scam. Do not even deposit their check. Call Discount Heating in Wheelingat 847-777-3243 and speak to Steve the owner. He may want copies of check and mailer for police. This is what happens when scammers try to s***w ex-FBI agent! Idiots!

I received the check but am not going to cash it. What should I do?

Report it to the police or just destroy it.

Im very gullible! I'm really upset that it wasn't real! Anyway , I filled out their little questionaire! So now what do I do ?

Just be careful going forward because the scammers will be contacting you in an attempt to scam you.

What do you do if you already deposited the check?

Contact your bank and let them know that you have discovered that the check is fraudulent.