"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam

Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap Scam

The "Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" 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 in 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 or give it to someone else. 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.

Recipients of the following "Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" email message or something similar are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it.

The "Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam

From: Anderson Mark <recruiters.budweisermarketing@gmail.com>

Date: Mar 18, 2018 12:30 PM

Subject: Re: Auto Wrap For our Beer

Hello Applicant,

Wrap your car with Budweiser Select® Beer Advertisement Wrap and Get Paid...

It is Very Easy and Simple with No Application fees required. Here's how It works - The basic premise of the "paid to drive" concept Budweiser Select® Advertising seeks people -- regular citizens to go about their normal routine as they usually do, only with a big advert of "Budweiser Select® Beer " plastered on your car/truck. The adverts is 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 and 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 and can't avoid seeing the wrapped car alongside them. This program will last for 3 months and the minimum period you can participate is 1 month.

You will be compensated with $350 (Three hundred and fifty 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.

Full Name :

Street Address:

P.O. Box:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Age:

Present Occupation:

Cell Phone Number:

Email Address:

Brand of Car & Model:

Current Car Mileage:

A swift acknowledgment of this email will be appreciated

Best Regards,

Anderson Mark

Hiring Manger.

Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser® Beer.

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July 20, 2020 at 12:55 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: United States

Just received notice/application from Budweiser(claiming to be) for car wrap,paying $500 a week!Decided to investigate 1st,& glad I did!Apparantly a SCAM!

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July 22, 2020 at 8:45 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: Avon, Connecticut, United States

Yes, definately a SCAM ...

Sent as an iPhone message:

Had the same scam tonight. Said they'd give me $500 to place a small Budweiser sticker on my vehicle. Message was also sent to 10 similar or adjoining cellular telephone numbers. You can see them when you click on the "info" area above the telephone number it is suggested that it was sent from.

The telephone number they are using may even have been "hijacked" to hide their own true telephone number by a sophisticated electronic device that hides the originator's phone number.

It's almost 9:30pm EST and sending *hit like this past 9pm is furthermore illegal. SCAM SCAM SCAM ... DO NOT RESPOND TO THE MESSAGE. DO NOT CLICK ON THE MESSAGE. DO NOT SEND A "STOP" REQUEST. The scammers will they know that you may be gullible enough to answer their request and therefore KNOW that your cellular telephone number is an active phone number. That information alone is enough for the scammer to SELL a list of "answered" phone messages.

It's been a few minutes already several people have sent the word "STOP" EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO info within the text message to do that.

BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE ... This is a SCAM

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June 26, 2020 at 4:08 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

here is the number that sent it to me: multiple:

402-216-2684

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June 26, 2020 at 4:05 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Just got this text message, seemed to good to be true, glad that I checked! Thanks for the information and glad that you didn't get scammed!

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June 20, 2020 at 2:17 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: OFallon, Missouri, United States

I would like to share my experience with a scam I received via text. The message read if you would like to be a part of an advertising campaign and get paid 500.00 a week for a car wrap advertisement of the Budweiser co. Please respond. So I did. And I only gave my address to have them send me more information about it. And about a month later they sent me a priority mail letter with a check for 3,650.00 so then the letter says to deposit the check then contact them via email at web.post.@fringeselvedges.com and dinkdin993 @outlook.com. Moreover, if I do it within the first 24hrs if receiving it will also apply a 200.00 extra Amazon gift card. They then go on to say make sure I text them at (205) 754-9131 and send them a photo of my deposit slip for accounting purposes and to make sure I do not expose any personal info on that deposit slip such as your account info blacken out. So I believe they do that to make them seem honest. However if you look at the check its printed on the Check will say it’s from MIT Bank and the bank address says 700 Technology Rd, in Cambridge, MA. ...this check looks authentic, then they ask that you take 500.00 for your pay then take the rest and use it for the car wrap guys to install the car wrap. However, as I do a lot of things I researched the names and phone numbers on the letter and got nothing then I tried to look up the emails on the letter and received nothing on the backgrounds of this company called FS Car Wrap which is on the letterhead. Needless to say things didn’t add up, so I googled advertising for Budweiser campaigns and noticed this scam alert. I’m an lucky to have done my homework, let this be a warning that no one gets scammed by these low life’s that rob poor defenseless people. DONT GET SCAMMED!

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July 20, 2020 at 1:01 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: United States

Thank you for your post!I was almost scammed!

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June 1, 2020 at 6:28 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: Ozark, Missouri, United States

1 (256) 947-1548‬

jonathanhills93@gmail.com

This is the info to the “person” that tried or did scam me with the Budweiser wrap he probably got my info but not respond to the letter or follow any of directions I didn’t deposit the fake check or anything else but I did fill out the information request that was listed above

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February 16, 2020 at 10:37 AM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: Muskegon, Michigan, United States

I live in Michigan and they sent a check to me and they are persistent that I deposit it. I figured it was a scam, please every one be careful

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January 25, 2020 at 6:36 AM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
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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. "

Received via email.

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January 12, 2020 at 4:14 PM by
"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam
an anonymous user from: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

I have recieved a check in the mail from walter hugo, he has emailed me and text me, the check for 4000.45 seems real and he assures me the deal is legit. But I am not sure how do I go about checking this out?

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"Budweiser Select Beer Advertisement Wrap" Scam