Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is advising the public of a scam that offers to pay individuals for driving around with an advertisement on their vehicles.<\/p>\n
Jamestown Police\u00a0 Detective\u00a0 Sgt. Thomas Nagel said a classified advertisement that ran in The Sun last month offered to pay people $250 a week for driving their vehicles around with a specially designated advertisement on the vehicles.<\/p>\n
The local victim was told to get a cashier\u2019s check for $5, take a picture of it with his cellphone and send the picture back by text to the person who placed the ad.<\/p>\n
Then, the person receving the photo of the check made a large number of copies of the check, which included the victim\u2019s signature, and attempted to cash those check copies made out for different amounts at banks in the area.<\/p>\n
Sun Publisher, Rob Keller, said the newspaper was not aware that the classified advertisement was a scam, adding that he appreciated Jamestown Police making The Sun aware of the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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