The Better Business Bureau says this is a textbook example of an Employment Scam.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Have you ever received a text telling you if you put a company’s logo on your car you can be paid to promote it?
A WFMY News 2 viewer received a text like that and is wondering if it’s a real offer.
Will Oral B pay you $500 to put a decal on your vehicle to promote their brand?
We brought the text message to the Better Business Bureau and they say it is definitely a scam. Lechelle Yates says this is a textbook version of an employment scam. She says people have reported similar messages to the BBB.
“We call it an employment scam because you’re hired to drive around with the big Oral-B on the side of your vehicle but that’s a bit of a misnomer because you actually become a victim when you fall for the fake check and that’s the part of the scam,” Yates said.
If you fall for the scam, she says the new “employer” sends you a fake check for completing the job. You would then deposit the check and use that money to pay the person to put the…
