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- The BBB offers the following tips for those contacted about vehicle wrap offers: Understand that offers that include a "fake" check to advertise for a company by wrapping your vehicle with their ad are a scam. The check you receive may be counterfeit. Avoid sending money to someone you have not met face-to-face.
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Aug 3, 2016 · Have you seen ads promising easy money if you shrink-wrap your car — with ads for brands like Monster Energy, Red Bull, or Pepsi? The “company” behind the ads says all you have to do is deposit a check, use part of it to pay a specified shrink-wrap vendor, and drive around like you normally would.
Dec 29, 2020 · December 29, 2020. We just heard from more companies that scammers are using their names to trick people into a car wrap scam. This time, scammers are saying they’re Marlboro or Purell (but they’re not really). The gist of the scam is this: scammers send emails and post to social media and job boards with messages like “GET PAID TO DRIVE.”
Jun 3, 2021 · Scammers pretend you'll be advertising a well-known brand, even the Olympic Games, the FTC said. Consumers who commented on the post told of a hornet's nest of trouble, saying they'd been conned after being asked to wrap a vehicle to advertise for brands such as M&M's, Mountain Dew, Malley's chocolate and Coolhaus ice cream, among others.
Apr 10, 2023 · Our Car Wrap Scam Experience. Which is probably why the initial email I received from the scammer did not raise alarms for me: From: harriettk@hotmail.com, 10/24/13: “would you like to earn $300.00 weekly for wrapping your vehicle in an Ad?”
Aug 10, 2022 · While there are legitimate companies that pay people to wrap their car with an advertisement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and AARP says car wrap scams have grown increasingly popular and are used to trick victims into sending the scammer money.
Feb 19, 2021 · (Getty Images) If you are looking to earn extra money, adding a wrapper to your car to promote a popular drink or food brand may sound like a great gig. BBB Scam Tracker is seeing an uptick in...
Jul 25, 2022 · Some companies have legitimate car wrap programs that pay consumers to shrink-wrap their car in the brand’s advertising but it is also a common scam. After writing about scammers masquerading as Monster Energy in December 2020, we have found fraudsters posing as Fiji Water , Fairlife Milk , M&Ms and now AutoZone.