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Hi! I have no idea where to post this and this seemed like a good place. I have no idea how the business world or companies or investments work, so maybe you guys could tell me if this seems legit.

Long story short, a friend (F, 21) of mine, we will call her Ashley, went to LA on vacation a few weeks ago and met a guy at a hostel that she was staying at. We will call him Bill. She's a very social, outgoing, free spirited person and it sometimes gets her into dangerous situations. She met this man who she got to talking with and apparently he's a rich investor who owns a hotel in LA and is just staying at the hostel to get away for the weekend, even though he owns a home (first red flag).

He approached her and her older friend that she went with (35, F), we will call her Megan, and only wanted to talk to Ashley, not Megan. Ashley is beautiful, tall, blonde, and young, so this is expected however the man in question is Megan's age so it was odd that he went straight for the young woman instead of the woman his age (red flag #2).

Anyways, Ashley told Bill about her dream of opening a unique bar-club in LA one day and he was very engaged and loved her idea. The weekend went by, Ashley and Megan came home, and we thought that was that. However, not even a week later, Bill called Ashley and told her he would fly her back to LA to discuss the business model of her vision.

She hopped on a plane and hasn't been back since. All of a sudden she's going to meetings everyday with investors, signing contracts, viewing potential buildings for her club, and was signed as the president of her new found business. She even now has the keys to her new building that will soon turn into her night club. She says that Bill has put her up in a hotel every night, hires drivers to drive her to and from her meetings all day, and puts money in her bank account every week.

She also says that she's been having sex with him and spending a ton of time with him. Again, she is 21 and he is 39. She says he is the smartest person she's ever met and has convinced her the Holocaust is a scam and never happened.

This sounds extremely sketchy and dangerous to me. First off, she mentioned an idea and a week later she's in LA signing papers to be the president of a company and being handed over the keys to a brand new building. She says she's gotten $200,000 off an investor already. This man that she just met has already convinced her that the Holocaust is not real and is constantly having sex with her.

I don't understand how anyone could think this was legit; but she showed us paper work and apparently that's proof enough. Could a business offer happen this quickly? Why would anyone want to take a 21 year old college student's idea and turn it into this huge thing where she is heavily involved, instead of just stealing her idea without a second thought?

It sounds way too good to be true, but again I am not sure how business works. Please tell me if any of this sounds legit or if it sounds like a scam, or worse... a sex trafficking ring.

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You set up an online store on Shopify, with your products being items you found on AliExpress priced 10x higher. Then, when a customer places an order, you go onto AliExpress, and order the item for 10% the amount your customer paid you for it, and have it shipped to your customer's address.

Example: Ben has a Shopify page that sells $15 gold-plated rings. Joe decides to buy one for his girlfriend and gives $15 & his mailing address to Ben's Shopify page. Ben then goes onto AliExpress and orders the same gold ring he advertises for $1.50, and he uses Joe's mailing address as the shipping address for the order. So Joe gets the ring he ordered, and Ben makes $13.50 in profit from one sale.

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