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The "Cranberry Ad Paid To Drive" Auto Car Wrapping Advertising Scam

The "Cranberry Ad Paid To Drive" 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 email message or something similar are asked to delete them and should not follow the instructions in them.

The "Cranberry Ad Paid To Drive" Auto Car Wrapping Scam

Good morning,

This is James Baker. Representative for the Cranberry Ad car wrap you submitted an application for.

We just want to inform you that our payment will deliver to you soon , here is delivery tracking number from FedEx { 774797827365 } and immediately you receive the payment just go ahead and deposit the check and it will take 24hours for the check to clears and once the check clears you will deduct your first week payment which is $400 and extra $50 for your gas and you will send the rest payment to installer and LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE ...

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