Car ads

By Laura Finaldi, Boston.com correspondent

With this scam, a big company will pay you more than $400 a week if you stick their ad to your car, paying you just for driving around. They send you a check, which you’re supposed to deposit into your account and wire part of the money to a graphic designer who will customize the ad. It all seems OK until the check bounces, you never hear from the designer, and you lose the money you wired.