What it is
A car-wrap scam offers to pay you to put advertising on your car, then runs a fake check through you. The wrap never happens, and the money you forward is your own.
How it reaches you
You are recruited by text, email, or a social post for easy passive income. A check arrives for the wrap and first month, and you are told to deposit it and send part to an "installer." See a job sent me a check to deposit.
The tell
A real advertiser does not pay you before any work and then ask for part of it back. A check up front, with instructions to forward money, is the fake-check pattern.
What to do
Do not deposit the check or forward any money, and tell your bank it is a scam. Report it to the FTC. It is a version of the fake-check scam.