Car wrap scam targets college students

What happens if the back takes the check. How do you not get in trouble with the Bank?

I just received a 4,000 check today 03/24/2020. My instructions are to deposit into my bank and text Mr. Amour when it’s done. Spend 500.00 and the rest is the wrapping company. They used a steel company out of California where the check is from, I googled the companies phone number and they verified the scam.

Yes I received a check but didn’t deposit it ! They are now texting me 3 times a day to deposit the check ! The texts that I’m receiving are not grammatically correct . I’m being scammed.

Thanks FTC I received 2 fake checks one for the Walmart secret shopper scam and the other for the car wrap scam. Thanks for your warnings.

Chad Stubbs from Mt Dew sent me a check for 2,923.00 told me to deposit and text him back when done

Someone sent me a check for a car advertising is there away to find if its good or bad

I was looking for a way to make some extra money when I came across an opportunity to to make $2,000.00 a month to have my car wrapped for advertising. I applied and was sent a check for $4,950.00 . I was to take my pay and send the remainder to the technician doing the work. That they would send money to me sight unseen, they could not even verify that I had a car. I blocked the number and came to this sight to report the company.

Wow!.. I had recived a 2,512 check from a car wrap thing from somewhere in texas but i do not own a bank account i would usually cash my checks at a little market/check cashing store. And well i was always honest and they trusted me enough to cash me this check... But after that i had a family emergency and from Hemet,Ca. In Riverside co. i had to move back to Thousand Oaks,CA in Ventura co. Within the 10th day of cashing my check i got a call from my ex tellin me i had to go n talk to the owner at the store cuz i had givin him a fake check... So since i was still waittin for them to call me n give me an info of what to do with the money i had recived...i just send them an email tellin them sorry but you will recive nothing from the fake check u send to me and i was able to cash and with out gettin in trouble with cops. I told the owner of store and told him the situation and for my luck he understood and worked a payment plan wich of it i only send one time of $300. Because he later on past away that week and his wife sold the place so for the 2nd payment i had nowhere to contact the lady and well i kept the rest of the $2,212. Can i still get in trouble for that??? Since i had no fault and i was going to pay up the man and the agrement was made by word only. According to him i was not reported to the police and he had insurance but he just had to pay a fine to im guessin the bank but i could just pay him every month a total of $300. So i wouldnt stress myself if i had by any chance spend that money already. I feel really bad but then again he left me or any one nothing to follow in case we couldnt get in contact anymore. What can hapend to me? any know?

Auto wrap campaign sent a check wanted me to cash it then send them money

This scam is active again. The people are using a wixsite, it looks authentic.

We have three vehicles I'll be more than happy to do just one but if you'd like I do them all

Recently received a check for $2851 from NY Police Benevolent Association on a JP Morgan Chase check sent from Paddington Life Insurance Company regarding a car wrap for Coolhaus Ice Cream in Covina CA. How stupid do these thieves think we are?

We have received to of these and just laughed , just the nature of the scam is in your face fake ,dont do it who can I report the checks too?

Latest version is for dr pepper. scam comes to you via text messaging, urging you to put your info on a website that looks like a Dr. Pepper site--- but with horrible "broken english" writing. the domain name drpepperdrinksDOTcom is registered in Bangladesh.

I was sent a check to be a secret shopper, I to, was suppose to keep a small portion for myself, and then get, gift cards for the rest, and then scratch all the cards, and to take a photo of them, being sure to get ALL the numbers, and text them the pics. I have also, been tried to do the car wrap scam, basically the same way, but they wanted me to send them a money order for the remaining money, and to pay the wrapper a check for a large portion of the money, Before, he came to wrap the car!! It's really getting to seem pretty legit, I really feel sorry for the folks, who believe these jerks!!

I was contacted about this via text message

I just got a car wrap offer from russellhernandez138 , if you want to investigate. $400 a week. The salary must have gone up. It was a text, no idea where they got my number.

Last Friday I got a check from Asi,Cincinnati addressed in Ohio for $1930.00 Reeds Jones the district coordinator from Philadelphia texted me to make sure deposit the check some I did deposit the check at the Chase bank Atm into my checking account.Reeds Jones told me to send 1400.00 via Zelle to Angel Londono the Car Wrap Specialist to get the job started on Saturday his was yesterday sold I told my family member about the situation and the check being deposited.She investigated found out that it a scam. Chase Bank put a hold on my account.

I just got $2,000 in the mail telling me that I had signed up for this and that they wanted me to deposit the money text and let them know the amount and blah blah blah this was May 26th 2020. I thought it was legal but my bank wouldn't even approve it go into the bank that's when I started looking online. This is some really sick stuff these people are doing in the trash it goes

I recieved a text fro mschrader22, a gmail acct, With a picture text for Malley's Chocolate auto wrap. Make $400 a week. They would put a 3m vinyl on both sides of vehicle/boat/bicycle. Send them my full name, address, model of vehicle/boat/bicycle, Occupation & phone number so they can send checks. I laughed when I read it. Have no idea how they got my phone number. Never even heard of Malley's Chocolate. I Googled it and saw this about car wrap scams.

My son just received a large check to drive around with an Aquafina decal. The envelope was addressed from Lowes. Something that is too good to be true, normally is.

I received the check from "Budweiser" for a car wrapping advertisement for $3850. The person has been texting me, asking for a screenshot of the deposit slip. I told him that the bank wants a hard copy. I told him that I would wait for the hard copy in the mail, and then the scammer stopped texting.

I was contacted the other day by someone asking me to do this saying they are from Aquafina . I have been in contact with them several times now and want to know how to report their contact information to

The text I received was actually a JPG !!! [image: Drive to get cash.jpg] I could not copy it, but it begins: "Malley's Chocolate Drive & Earn". Sent to me by heatherlawrence1951

I was sent a check and deposited it in a bank and it did not clear and now I have to pay the bank back

I guess they are at it again sending texts from (812) 525-8628!

What happens if you deposit the check but don't use the money. Then you find out it was a scam and call the bank to file a claim....do they still charge you?

Got a text from arthurjordan137@ on June 19th, 2020 with a jpg attached entitled "Candidates Needed". It said: "Car Marketing Program - MALLEY'S CHOCOLATE is offering all vehicle owners $400 weekly to drive around with their 3M decal vynyl on their truck/van/car/SUV/bike/boat.". It went on to say that it was easily removable & also how easy it was to earn $$ doing this. Obvious grammatical errors were also qevident in the text. All I needed to do was to send the following info: name, addy, "... truck/van/car/SUV/bike/boat model [sic], occupation, and phone number to process your first week payment asap." Incidentally, i get scam texts on a daily basis. Most are asking to buy my house on such and such Lane. I don't own a house at that location and they alwayts have my name wrong (besides the fact I would never sell a house that way). Or, they have some fantastic offer for me. I'm constantly blocking these morons.

Can scammers get you bank information or any other personal information from your phone number , home address, Car Year Make and Model, and/or email?

“ TOKYO 2021” Car wrap scam. They said I d make 250 plus 50 for gas. They sent me a check for 4grand and wanted me to zelle 2000 to the “specialist” who was going to wrap my car. I never sent the money, thanks to this site and critical thinking.

Budweiser sent me a 3,400.00 $ check to wrap my car and told me i would get 500$ a week, i just needed to cash the check in my bank and then gave me a whole story as to why i needed to find my own wrap installer and send them money with a receipt... DON'T DO IT, i almost did and decided to look into it more, seems they are basically scammers with fishing poles. waiting for hungry broke people to bite.. so they can filet your bank account.. whatever you do... DO NOT FALL FOR IT!, if it were legit they would send you a 500 dollar check after they gave you directions on where to go to get your car wrapped and had an assistant contact you by phone and email, giving you further professional instructions on what to do...

this is why if something like this happens I don't just deposit i go to the bank and they will run it first to see if its real.

I'm afraid my friend has just been scammed..everything down to the amounts...uggh

I was just contacted with a scam by amyshar69@ Offered $400 weekly to represent MALLEY’S CHOCOLATE.

be weary of fritz lay wrap around scheme

This scam is also being used on mobile phones. Same advertisement with a shorten link to cause people to tap on it. They offer $500 weekly and so many wonder if it’s legit when I’m truth it is not

I was contacted via my work email. The email was attached to an alumni event update that came from our administration office. It said they would pay me to drive with a world cup wrap on my car. I knew better than to click the link but I did respond to the email and was asked for mailing address and vehicle information. I knew it was not legit when they wanted to send me a check and then have ME pay the "specialist" that would come out and put the advertising wrap on my car.

Just received a scam from M&M’s m’s lee jones paid to drive offering me $600/week for 12 weeks.