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Scam? Investor: Invictus Acquisitions -Michael Bell
My question is about the legitimacy of a capital offer that just doesn't seem to add up. I'm new and I have a lot to learn so I don't want to pass up an opportunity but something doesn't feel right.
Alright so I have been in search of capital to get started, I was put in touch with this person Michael Bell. He owns a company called Invictus Funding and Business Growth LLC as well as Invictus Acquisitions LLC.
I would say I've been strung a long for about 8 months as of mid July 2022. Mr. Bell and I have had a couple of phone conversations discussing my business plan etc. He has all this time been searching for a solution to help raise capital. Mid July he emails me to say he may have found a good match and he would be sending me an operating agreement today. I check all day excited for details on this possible solution and nothing.
So 3 emails (no response) and 2 weeks later and it's the first week of August, I'm feeling like it's time to move on but the thought of passing up an opportunity is still there so I email once more. He comes back in a few hours that he thought he had sent it last week and apologized if I hadn't gotten the agreement and that it's attached.
I open the .pdf and it's the LLC Operating Agreement for a company called Invictus RE Acquisitions LLC. The company was formed January 22nd 2022 and the agreement was signed March 7th 2022. In his email he calls this an application and if I could get it filled out he will touch base on Thursday 8/11/22.
I see red flags everywhere. Am I being blinded by the idea of my initial capital search being over or is this a legitimate sound offer and it's my own ignorance at play?