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Rifleman1776

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Staff: if this is inapropriate here, please advise or delete or move.

I recenlty received an e-mail from Gpay (gun pal) asking for financial investment to support the company.
I only scanned it quickly because once opened I became concerned it was one of those Nigerial scams and was concerned about virus/bots/whatever.
Has anyone received these notices? And, does anyone know if they are legitimate investment solicitations?
 
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lawnboy

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The scenario as stated screams scam.

I recenlty received an e-mail from Gpay (gun pal) asking for financial investment to support the company
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Did they offer you something in return? Like stock, or a percentage of the ownership of the company? If they did there is a small possibility it is legit. If they did not offer you something it is certainly a scam.

What you describe above is a company asking for charity. For profit companies don't do this. At least not legitimately. Companies do sometimes seek a cash infusion from investors, but a stake in the company is always offered.

Has anyone received these notices? And, does anyone know if they are legitimate investment solicitations?
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I've not received anything like this from gpal. It is not legitimate unless you are offered a stake in the company.

Post the text of the email if you want more specific comment.

I only scanned it quickly because once opened I became concerned it was one of those Nigerial scams and was concerned about virus/bots/whatever.
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Too late. If you opened it you've got whatever malware was in it. Your speed doesn't matter. Computers and software are infinitely faster than you are.
 
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lawnboy

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Having read thru the thread that DonH posted above I think it can safely be assumed that whatever the OP received was at least "scammy" if not an outright scam.

You'd be better off sending your money to Nigeria.
 
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Evan Thomas

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Rifleman, you might want to file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center, submitting the email you received. The IC3 is a joint effort of the National White Collar Crime Center and the FBI, which is currently investigating Gpal. You don't have to have been defrauded yourself to send a complaint -- their FAQ page encourages anyone who is aware of a possible internet crime to file, and I think this qualifies.

As pax wrote in the thread linked by Don H:
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If the FBI is issuing bulletins about a Ponzi scheme related to this type of company designed to deal with firearms, the FBI can't be talking about anyone else but GPal.
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Given that they're already under investigation by the FBI, soliciting "investments" seems, um, kinda nervy...
 
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Bud Helms

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There's enough info here to sound any needed alarm, but not really firearms related.

We' close this one and leave it visible.

Closed.
 
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