Voice Mail message from RICK WEBBER- Corporate Acquisitions Group in Chicago saying that a potential client is very interested in my type of business. If interested to sell business, please call 312 242 3640 Extension 701 for Rick Webber.
Exact same thing just happened. Rick Weber from Corporate Acquisitions group in Chicago, call back 312-242-3640 ext 701, but the call number was from 347-328-1253 which is in Brooklyn, hummmm. Never even mentioned what my business was and it is very specialized.
Rick Webber, Ty Tymkovich(Corporate Acquisitions Group, LLC), and Marvin "Randy" Hicks(PBS + Alliance Acquisitions) are all part of the same scam system.
They offer clients a “100 percent money back guarantee” that they will find qualified buyers for businesses. When clients tried to claim the refund, they deny the claims. Sellers are required to pay a designated fee to the scammers for acting as an intermediary with buyers, a designated sum for hiring an independent firm to prepare a valuation of the business that was being sold, and a fee for successfully matching a seller and a buyer. In order to deny the guaranteed refunds, they provide clients with sham matches. The buyers claim they are qualified but in reality have no interest in purchasing the clients’ businesses. In order to deny the guaranteed refund, they provide clients with references identifying individuals who were represented as business owners who had sold their businesses through the efforts of the scammers.
Marvin Randolph Hicks: One count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, six counts of wire fraud via telephone calls and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.