I have had emails from FOUR different people, offering to either invest in, or PURCHASE my business.
I'm supposed to call them, to discuss the details.
My reply to each is that IF the parties they represent are LEGITIMATE, they would have done enough research to know where my business is located, and the representatives who contacted ME, should contact the investors or purchasers, and ask them where my business is located.
Then, the person who sent me the email should tell me what their clients told them.
BUT! The replies from these scammers is that I should call them, and discuss this further.
Ain't calling ANY of them.
Anybody else getting these sorts of messages?
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Originally posted by mike gregoryAnybody else getting these sorts of messages?
Yes. I'm just about to close a deal to sell your business to one of them. 
I get three or four per day - and I get similar junk related to offers of business loans and client lead development.
Somehow, the people behind these scams have figured out how to get past the spam traps at both my ISP and my email client. I'm reasonably certain that the majority of these are coming from people mining contact information on LinkedIn. Regardless of source, I delete them all unread.
On the Grand Scale of Life's Annoyances, this is pretty minor. Still cheeses me off, however.
We rarely get scam offers. I chalk it up to my/our reward for good clean living, OR that "they" have sufficient info/data on me and know they can't get blood from a stone. 
Got a 5th one, just this morning.
They all have my first name as "Melbourne".
Trying to remember where I put down Melbourne as the M in mgregorybanjo.
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Quoting Inez Blair <inez.blair@apexoptionsmanagers.shop>:
Hi Melbourne,
I hope this message finds you well. Wanted to see if I could get in touch with you regarding M Gregory Banjos & Electronics. We have a private equity firm that is actively acquiring companies in your industry.
Are you available this week to discuss the opportunity?
Best,
Inez BlairEVP, Mergers & Acquisitions
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Do NOT NOT NOT EVER reply to emails like this. If you'll do is to confirming that your addy is a current, legit and who's owner/user is still alive so therefor it can be sold to other scammers.
I started getting junk mail by the ton about 40 years ago. Then I realized that most of them said Chavlin Ave. instead of Chaucer Ave. The postal code was correct enough to deliver the mail. Within a few weeks I pulled out my auto club card from BCAA. I noticed that my card said Chavlin Ave. I had actually signed up for the auto club at a booth they had set up at the local annual agricultural fair. It was easy enough to conclude that my name and address had been sold and resold. 40 years later be careful of what you download. Some of it can be a sophisticated hack but a lot of it is just gathering handy information for people who will buy it.
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