Hi guys and gals. I was looking for extra income through craigslist and found this rockstar energy post. And that i could make 500 a week has anyone ever done this?is it a scam?
Hello,

We are currently seeking to employ individual's in the United States
according to National Promotions and Advertising. How would you like
to make money by simply driving your car advertising for ROCK STAR

How it works

Here's the basic premise of the "paid to drive"Concept: ROCK STAR
seeks people -- regular citizens, professional drivers to go about
their normal routine as they usually do, only with an advert for "ROCK
STAR" plastered on your car. The ads are typically vinyl decals, also
known as "auto wraps" that's almost seem to be painted on the vehicle
and which will cover any portion of your car's exterior surface.

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
3 month.

You will be compensated with $500 per week which is essentially a
"Rental" payment for the use of space. No fee is required from you,
"ROCK STAR" shall provide experts that would handle the Advert placing
on your Car. You will receive an up front payment plus the wrap fees
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,
Contact the E-mail along with the information's as requested, if you
are interested in this offer.

Kindly fill this information's below-

Full Name:
Address (p.o box not applicable):
City:
State:
Zip code:
Make of car/year/color:
Telephone numbers
Home:
Mobile:


You will be contacted you as soon as this information's is received.

Kind Regards
Alpha advertising Agency

These things come and go and one sort of wonders if they are data mining. There was one that required I think it was 40,000 miles of city driving in a month????? There was one that if your car was ever spotted without all the ads all over it you would owe them back every cent ever earned. My sense is that these are as bogus as the check in the mail to cash, buy whatever you want at Walmart for $400, keep $200 as your fee and wire the rest of the money along to the next guy.

The use of the word "Kindly" always makes alarms go off for me in this type of letter.

This sentence just screams SCAM! to me:

It is very easy and simple, No application fees required,
Contact the E-mail along with the information's as requested, if you
are interested in this offer.

Sounds like a non-native English speaker to me. And if a big company like that wanted to place some job postings, I'd think they'd get someone to proof read them first. It's pretty good, though. I'd give this scammer a B-. Nice job scammer, you're getting better!

SCAM

It is most definitely a scam letter. Here are the clues:
• Not using the product's correct or full name. (What is Rock Star? If they mean the energy drink, it's all one word.)
• Unprofessional writing style and grammatical errors.
• Use of British vernacular for American business (e.g. “advert”)
• This portion is the same from every scam email I’ve ever seen:
Kindly fill this information's below-

Full Name:
Address (p.o box not applicable):
City:
State:
Zip code:
Make of car/year/color:
Telephone numbers
Home:
Mobile:
• Offering to send you a check up front, especially via courier.
• Improper use of upper/lower case letters in the company name for crying out loud and no other information about the company such as address, website, phone numbers…
• The big picture: why would they feel they needed to email random people for this and then offer to pay them money up front? If a real company did this how much money do you think they would lose sending out $1,500 up front to random strangers?