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by ScottWhigham 4848 days ago
It's very much the Nigerian letter as you said b/c it's definitely preying on the weak or naive. I've gotten 100+ of these just in the past 3-4 years for my company and they are all bad deals. Is it a scam? I don't know. I've followed up by phone with the first one that came one. We were fundraising at the time and I didn't know any better. You will get 1 a month then 2 a month then 4 a month as you grow. "Business capital" is the key phrase they all use.