In the past week I have been contacted by two different individuals on Stage 32 wanting me to use private email to contact their investors who they claim are interested in financing my projects (which they’ve never read). One of them is https://www.ortecfinance.com. This feels scammy to me. Does any...
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Oi Cheryl Boyles. Eu recebi o mesmo email. Nele, me ofereciam de 100 mil a 100.000.000 de dólares. Não tenho dúvidas que isso é fraude.
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Well there you go! Thanks Niki Hayes and everyone at Stage 32 for keeping this space professional and safe.
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Hi Cheryl what did you end up finding out on this possible scam?
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Cheryl, he contacted me as well. I did check out the site for Ortex Finance and it was one of those "stock" websites and had lots of typos on it. Big red flag. I did send him an NDA before sending him...
Expand commentCheryl, he contacted me as well. I did check out the site for Ortex Finance and it was one of those "stock" websites and had lots of typos on it. Big red flag. I did send him an NDA before sending him my pitch deck, which he signed, and I cc'd my lawyer. Ivan wrote back SUPER EXCITED about my deck (another red flag, since finance people never gush like that over a project). I still gave him the benefit of the doubt and sent an email to the guy he said to contact (cc-ing my lawyer again) and the email I got back from the guy was so nuts, I didn't respond and I reported him to Stage 32. Ivan was suspended from the site.
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Thanks much for the update, Maureen. I also found the super excitement over projects they’d never seen red flag worthy. It is assuring to know he is gone from our platform. All the best!