This one came close to catching me until I checked it with the company it was purportedly from:



Thanks for visiting the Monster Energy website, and thank you for your inquiry.

I'm sorry but we do not do any type of advertising on privately owned vehicles. All vehicles used at events and for promotions are owned by our company and are driven by Monster Energy employees.

The email you received is not an authorized email from the Monster Energy Company. We suggest you report the scam to local law enforcement and the IC3, which is federal Internet Crime Complaint Center. http://www.ic3.gov. These types of scams should also be reported to www.fraud.org which is affiliated with the NCL (National Consumers League) Fraud Center.

We have also notified our legal team of this matter. Thank you for notifying us.

Sincerely,

Monster Energy Company


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Sent: Jun 11 2012 6:56AM
To: Monster Energy Info
Subject: Monster Energy Drink® | Unleash The Beast | Online Contact Form


Member Login Name:
Description : I have been contacted with the following e-mail, asking me to have my car wrapped with your advertising. Is this legitimate or a phishing scam?

Craig Halasz Craig Halaszcraigley499@gmail.com Send email
From: Craig Halasz (craigley499@gmail.com) Sent: Sun 6/10/12 8:40 PM

Hello, Wrap advertising is the practice of completely or partially covering (wrapping) a vehicle in an advertisement or livery, thus turning it into a mobile billboard. This can be achieved by simply painting the vehicle surface, but it is becoming more common today to use large vinyl sheets as decals. These can be removed with relative ease, making it much less expensive to change from one advertisement to another. Vehicles with large, flat surfaces, such as buses and light-rail carriages, are fairly easy to work with, though smaller cars with curved surfaces can also be wrapped in this manner. Wrap advertising is available to anybody irresprctives of the vehicle you drive. We are currently seeking to employ individual 's world wide.

How would you like to make money by simply driving your car or banner wrapped for Monster Energy Drink® How it works? Here 's the basic premise of the "paid to drive " concept: Monster Energy Drink® seeks people -- regular citizens, professional drivers to go about their normal routine as they usually do, only with a big advert for "Monster Energy Drink® " plastered on your car. The ads are typically vinyl decals, also known as "auto wraps, "that almost seem to be painted on the vehicle, and which will cover any portion of your car 's exterior surface. Don 't Have a Car? If you don 't have a car, you can also participate carrying banners. What does the company get out of this type of ad strategy? Lots of exposure and awareness. The auto wraps tend to be colorful, eye-catching and attract lots of attention. Plus, it 's a form of advertising with a captive audience,meaning people who are stuck in traffic can 't avoid seeing the wrapped car alongside them. This program will last for 3 months and the minimum you can participate is a month. You will be compensated with $600 per week which is essentially a "rental "payment for letting our company use the space no fee is required from you. Monster Energy Drink® shall provide experts that would handle the advert placing on your car. You will receive an up front payment of $300 inform of check via courier service for accepting to carry this advert on your car. It is very easy and simple no application fees required.
Get back with the following details if you are interested in these offer.
Applicant information:
Name:
Full Street Address(not PO BOX):
APT #:
City,State,Zip Code:
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:
Age:
We shall be contacting you as soon as we receive this information.

Best Regards, Craig Halasz Hiring Manager, Monster Energy Drink®

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:47 PM, X wrote: Tell us more, including the effect on the paint job of the wrapped vehicle and how the wrap comes off at the end of the contract.

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From: craigley499@gmail.com > Subject: Monster Energy Drink(R) Car Wraps > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:00:34 -0400 > > Would You Wrap Your Car in an Ad for $300 Weekly. >
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***The idea intrigued me and it sounded nearly reasonable so I responded. Then, when he responded, the data looked too much like a "normal" phishing scam.