#306966 by Ideafix Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:52 pm
Hi,

The other day our company received a Mail that I suspect to be a scam. The content of the mail appears to be textbook "scam talk", but the phone number appears to be legitimate and not one of those UK redirects (even tough a Singapore company with a UK number sounds fishy)

Sadly my colleagues actually responded with a price list, to which the person immediately replied with an order for some outrageous quantities (again very fishy).

I told my colleague to forward the mail to me so that I could check it out and she did so, but she also deleted the original, so no headers, sadly.

There appears to be a real phone number and they have a live website.

Below is the first message:


From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 14.09.2016 23:25
To: xxxx
Subject: buisness

Dear Sirs,

this email is to inquire about your products and company,

please forward full price and terms, we buy ex works. payment wire upfront.

we are also open to invest our funds in projects and in your company.


we would be eager to do business with you.

thanks.

Jaquan Dennis

Head, Investments Group

Phone 0044 7879 101520

Lim Investments

341 orchard road, orchard, 238667 Singapore

Copyright Official © ® - www.lim-investments.com


Below is his second email (product names were replaced with "prod 1", "prod 2", etc):


from: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 20.09.2016 16:46
To: xxx
Subject: Re: Price


enclose order. send me invoice.

Prod 1: 84$ x 25,000

Prod 2: 46$ x 45,000

Prod 3: 27$ x 80,000

Prod 4: 44$ x 60,000

Jaquan Dennis

Head, Investments Group

Phone 0044 7879 101520

Lim Investments

341 orchard road, orchard, 238667 Singapore

Copyright Official © ® - www.lim-investments.com
Last edited by Mike Wilson on Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:24 pm, edited 1 time in total. Reason: Edit thread title
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#306971 by AlanJones Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:17 pm
It's a definite scam.

The phone number is a UK mobile phone - no legitimate company (especially one that is over the other side of the globe) would use a mobile phone as its main point of contact.

Also, the domain lim-investments.com was only registered in February by someone who used a privacy service to hide their details.

Creation Date: 11-feb-2016
Expiration Date: 11-feb-2017

Registrant Name: Global Domain Privacy
Registrant Organization: GLOBAL DOMAIN PRIVACY


The best thing to do is block the scammer and delete any future mails from them without reply.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
#307009 by Ideafix Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:44 pm
Thank you Alan.

That domain is already in our black list, for good measure.

Just out of curiosity, that domain is live and I don't expect them to stop any time soon. Is there anything that can be done to close it down? Does complaining to the abuse address of its registrar actually accomplish anything?
#307024 by Terminator5 Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:32 pm
Possibly . I'll take a closer look later

Daniel 8 :25
#307052 by Terminator5 Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:37 am
Definate Fake


No such company by that exact name or address registered to do business in Singapore .

https://www.tis.bizfile.gov.sg/ngbtisin ... 8r890fpw_9


And no such company is listed in the Singapore Yellow Pages

http://www.yellowpages.com.sg/



Content on the site was also used here, on this now non-existant domain "arisaig.com.sg"

https://www.cfasociety.org/southafrica/ ... advert.pdf


You can report them here at the registrar and host [email protected] , [email protected]





http://lim-investments.com/index.html




Lim Investments is an independent investment management company established in October 1994

Our focus is exclusively on listed consumer sector businesses in emerging markets. Given our depth of experience and research capability, we regard ourselves as leaders in the consumer sector. We employ 225 people half of whom are located in Singapore, our head office. The others are based in our research offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro and the United Kingdom. 34 of our staff are investment professionals. Between us we have more experience in covering consumer companies in emerging markets and have undertaken over 12,000 meetings with target investee companies over the past 20 years. The founders continue to lead the investment process. Our investors are institutional in nature and include US, European, Asian and Australasian endowments, foundations, pension funds and family offices. When it comes to investing, we take a long term view. We look for clients who do likewise.




Lim Investments is a leading global internet-based financial conglomerate with Total Assets of US$8 billions as of 31 March 2015.



Lim Investments.

Asset Management

The Lim Investments's core businesses include Asset Management,Financial services, including securities, banking, insurance and biotechnology-related Business.


As of March 31, 2015, the Lim Investments consists of 54 companies (including consolidated partnerships, equity method affiliates and 3 publicly listed companies).



13 countries across Asia

Lim Investments currently has investments in more than 13 countries across Asia, and 18 countries worldwide.



Corporate Profile

Lim Investments is a corporate venture capital fund with its own set of decision-making, approval and funding processes. It has a fund size of US$700 million, with presence in Singapore, Middle East and Europe.



It works closely with the ecosystem of leading innovators, developers, government agencies, R&D and capital providers to bring cutting-edge technologies and solutions to the various markets the Lim Investments Group operates in.





We invest in companies we believe we can add significant value to. This defines the foundation of our strategy.



We invest in sectors we understand well.


We are very disciplined in selecting our portfolio companies to provide meaningful value to each and every one of them.


We partner with elite entrepreneurs.




We have
We have extensive experience and track record in Consumer, Retail, Media and Technology, either as key executives (CEO, CFO, COO), strategic advisors, or as Private Equity investors. We mainly focus on these three sectors


Investment Strategy

Our objective is to identify innovative companies with technologies that can potentially enhance the capabilities of Lim Investments operators in delivering solutions across various product segments and verticals. By leveraging our experience and strong industry network, we help companies at every stage of their growth from early product development to eventual commercialization in the various markets.



Geography Strategy

While we provide companies with market access to our operators across Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East and Europe, we believe that great ideas and entrepreneurs come from anywhere in the world. Lim Investments has a global mandate and will connect with the innovation hotspots of the world for new ideas, technology, products and services


Investment Stage

Lim Investments seeks opportunities and investments into companies in all stages of development, from seed to early growth.


Funding Size

Depending on the stage of development, initial investment amounts will range from $2,000,000 to $200 million. In exceptional cases, investments above million can .


Gregory Lim
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer


Jaquan Dennis
Head, Investment Group


Natarajan Dileep
Head, Markets Group


Mark Heng
Head, Portfolio & Strategy Group


Boon Siok lan
Co-Head, Corporate Development Group


Jimmy Leong
Independent Non-Executive Director


Samuel Leong
Executive vice president



Contact

341 Orchard Rd, Singapore





341 orchard road, orchard, 238667 Singapore




Address lookup

canonical name lim-investments.com.
aliases
addresses 194.209.229.35


Domain Whois record

Queried whois.internic.net with "dom lim-investments.com"...
Domain Name: LIM-INVESTMENTS.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.IT SPA
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 168
Whois Server: whois.register.it
Referral URL: http://we.register.it
Name Server: NS1.SHIFT.IT
Name Server: NS2.SHIFT.IT
Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Updated Date: 15-feb-2016
Creation Date: 11-feb-2016
Expiration Date: 11-feb-2017

>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:09:13 GMT <<<

For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp


Queried whois.register.it with "lim-investments.com"...
Domain Name: LIM-INVESTMENTS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2001902198_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.register.it
Registrar URL: http://we.register.it
Updated Date: 2016-02-15T00:00:00Z
Creation Date: 2016-02-11T00:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-02-11T00:00:00Z
Registrar: REGISTER.IT S.P.A.
Registrar IANA ID: 168
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse[at]register.it
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +39.0353230310
Reseller:
Domain Status: ok
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Global Domain Privacy
Registrant Organization: GLOBAL DOMAIN PRIVACY
Registrant Street: Via Zanchi 22
Registrant City: Bergamo
Registrant State/Province: BG
Registrant Postal Code: 24126
Registrant Country: IT
Registrant Phone: +39.0353230400
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +39.0353230312
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]

Daniel 8 :25
#307533 by jaquan dennis Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:48 pm

Admin Note:
This post was made by the scammer or an accomplice. We have left the post intact to illustrate the lengths a scammer will take to keep the scam alive. Mike Wilson



FOR ALL ANONIMOUS PEOPLE..
THIS IS DENNIS FROM LIM INVESTMENTS.

1- IF SOMEBODY HAS PROOF THAT IS REAL. PLS ALLOW ME REAL OFFICIAL PAPER FROM AUTHORITY CONFIRM THIS IS TRUE
2- PLS SHOW FACE AND NAME SO WE CAN SUE FOR DEFAMATION

IN 2016 AGAIN YOU PLAY WITH PLAYSTION INTERNET ? TO WRITE SOMETHING WITHOUT PROOF ?

cheers
#309047 by hide Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:50 pm
I received a dubious email from them too.


Dear Sirs,
release me top property and investment project you have.
we buy for fiscal reason
thanks

Jaquan Dennis
Head, Investments Group
Phone 0044 7879 101520
Lim Investments
341 orchard road, orchard, 238667 Singapore
Copyright Official © ® - www.lim-investments.com


#314955 by dv2cali Mon Dec 19, 2016 2:13 pm
Just received a similar email in California. Checked them out:
- no photos of mgmt on website
- no portfolio companies
- no linkedin profile
- No crunchbase profile

All red flags.

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