We've all got the email recently, and I'm wondering...what does someone do with the information he is requesting? Well, a friend was lured into responding to denis. To start, here's the message Denis sent (have you also gotten it?)<p>From: Denis Alexender <denis.alexender@gmail.com>
Subject: Important Connection<p>Hi there,<p>Just came across your company website,
I work with Investors in various sectors who are open for new
Investment opportunities; Wondering if you are looking to raise Capital
or if you need access to Mentors / Advisors?<p>Appreciate if you can connect me with right person in your
management & If he/she could drop me quick note with contact info;
I would be happy to help<p>Best Regards,
-Denis<p>------------------<p>So my friend Michelle replied and said "Yes we are looking for mentors and money, let's keep in touch" or something along those lines.<p>Denis responded again with:<p>From: From: Denis Alexender <denis.alexender@gmail.com>
Subject: Thank you for connecting<p>Thank you for connecting & your email is important to me.
How ever, I have been swamped lately & my response times are longer than usual.<p>If your company is raising Capital or looking for
Advisors, Faster way to get my attention would be
forwarding your pitch deck with 1 page summary.<p>Best Regards,
-Denis<p>------------<p>SO he wants a pitch deck and one page summary. And then what? We didn't take the bait further.
Then he tells you his investors are impressed with your pitch deck, want 10% of your company for $200K and a (fake) cashier check is already on the way. All you have to do is wire Denis a 10% finders fee as soon as possible.
Maybe Denis is a really nice guy who just wants to help startups out. With the pitch deck he can help summarize your company to show to his network of investors/advisors.<p>Or he's looking to screw you over. Who knows? The internetz is a crazy place.