Car Wrap Advertising
Car Wrap Job Scam: How It Works
United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain – the car wrap advertising scam occurs now all over the world. Be careful.
Imagine this: while looking for ways to make extra money, you receive an email from a company offering the opportunity to make $300 a week, if you have your car wrapped in a well-known brand’s logo. “Our world-class partners such as Coca-Cola, Monster Energy, Dr. Pepper Advertising, XS Energy, Johnny Walker, and Budweiser will generously pay prospective clients like you”, the message says. How does the scam work?
Watch How The Scam Works:
Watch the video below to see the Car Wrapping Advertising scam exposed:
It would be great to get paid to advertise on your car but beware. The scammers who send this message also post the same offer on sites like Craigslist, Oodle, or Gumtree, create well-designed advertisements, and even contact people who submit their resumes online hunting for jobs.
The offer sounds good, especially since you have the option of removing the wrapped sticker after the number of months you select. If you accept the offer, the scammers will then send a check for a large amount of money, according to the length of time you want to be the mobile advertiser.
The instructions for cashing the check indicate that a certain portion of the money is to be kept as your payment and the rest is to be sent via wire transfer to the company who will supposedly wrap your vehicle. After wiring the money, you’ll find out that the original check was a fake and the transaction bounced. Now your bank is after you for thousands of dollars.
Watch the video below to see the scam exposed and what celebrity received the same email:
How To Avoid The Car Wrap Advertising Scam:
No major brand would hire just anybody to wrap their cars with advertising. It’s great to get paid to advertise on your car, but corporations are very careful about their image and typically have huge marketing departments within. Be very careful when you receive this email, as the message might be presented in a very professional manner.
The scammers steal images from websites belonging to reputable companies that do professional car wrapping and make you believe it’s their business. Delete the email, not every online job opportunity that comes your way is real.
Here is a series of images from a conversation one of our readers had with a scammer this week. The cheque was branded with Wells Fargo, but in your case could be any other bank.
How To Report The Car Wrap Advertising Scam:
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I too have received a few of these, and they are obv a scam, but since I am currently looking for side-hustles to get me through these next six months of school… I thought why not. Every good scam has to come from some sort of validity right lol. Sure enough, there are Marketing & Advertising Agencies/Firms, that do work with their Clients, of whom these scammers claim to represent, and depending on where you live, there could be opportunities available to you.
my husband received this text today:
Good Day,would you allow BUD LIGHT DRINK to put a small decal or sticker on your car/truck and get 500 weekly? for more information about the promo hit the https://budlightdrinks04.wixsite.com/website we will reply you back immediately, Thanks.
We were suspicious of it so we searched your site to see if it was a scam. Thank you for watching out for us!
my husband received this text today:
Good Day,would you allow BUD LIGHT DRINK to put a small decal or sticker on your car/truck and get 500 weekly? for more information about the promo hit the https://budlightdrinks04.wixsite.com/website we will reply you back immediately, Thanks.
We were suspicious of it so we searched your site to see if it was a scam. Thank you for watching out for us!
Was just targeted by car wrap scam claiming to be Lipton Tea
Just got one claiming to be for Dasani Bottled Water. Watch out.
They claim to be from Dunkin Donuts now, beware
yeah i just got scam too i glad i look on here before i went any further now i have to call my bank about that check everything you show me just happen to me sent them a text told them that i know you a scam and i don’t like getting played like that
I received text messages from Budlight, Budweiser, Kellogg and Red Ribbon. I responded to Red Ribbon and eventually received a check for $1950.45 and I was told to deposit it now into checking account. This was for them to advertise with car wrapping. I would get paid $600 wk. I was told by a Mr. John to deposit check, keep $600 for my 1st wk and another $50 for gas. Then he would take me step by step how to send the $1300.45 to the technician if I didn’t have CashApp or Zelle. When I told him I knew this… Read more »
I received a email for the same scam, CARABAO ENERGY DRINK, the instructor manager was Henry Kevin and it was regarding a car wrap. The scammers sent me a 2nd Day Priority Mail with a check for $2,850.00 Check from St. Joseph Carter 204 Hampton Drive Venice, CA. 90291, the bank was East West Bank. The mail came from Always Delivery Service LLC 2041 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60612. If you put the two addresses together you will realize it isn’t legit. Additionally any real company would have specific instructions on the contracted agreement. I told the person texting… Read more »
I got a check for 2.950.00 made out to me from Affinity plus federal credit union 175 W Layayatt St Paul Min issued by MoneyGram Payment System Minnesota Mn. Re Alexander Garcia signed by Larson