Please be aware of a fraudulent scheme currently circulating by email that involves an apparent attempt to purchase AdvoCare products. This type of cross-border scam is known as a “check overpayment scheme.” Here’s how it works:
The person being contacted (such as an AdvoCare Distributor) has a product for sale on the Internet and receives an email with subject lines like Product Enquiry or Toward Payment or Payment Delivery. For example, recent emails were received by AdvoCare Distributors from a "Sharon Smith" or others asking about purchasing products or to open a store.
After ordering product, they send you “payment” via a cashier’s check or money order that looks authentic and even has watermarks. NOTE: The cashier’s check or money order is usually thousands of dollars more than the amount due for products, and you are asked to send them the difference. If you receive one of those payments, do not attempt to cash it. They are fraudulent checks.
In fact, do not respond to any emails of this type. AdvoCare does not condone this type of deceptive activity and neither should you.
How to report an incident:
If you receive any communication of this type of scheme, please report it to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) website at www.onguard online.gov or send a message to spam@uce.gov. You may also report it to your state Attorney General, using contact information at
www.naag.org.
Please be sure that everyone in your organization is aware of this fraudulent scheme.
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