A friend offer me a investment opportunity at 15% annually, is it too good to be true ?

He was my coworker. I know him at work for years. It is unlikely he take money and run away.

He ask me a loan to scale up his business, promised to pay 15% annually.

His work is in manufactures industry, maybe B2B. He said he his business don’t depend on number of customer available. I don’t know. I am a salary man. I know nothing about business and investment.

I haven’t ask him into the detail yet. I know nothing about this type of business. He seem confident, but I feel the 15% is so unlikely that will come with (hidden) risk. Maybe my friend is also a victim of another scam, or he just overconfident.

People of Lemmy, I ask you, those who are investor and business owner: is >= 15% annually ROI possible ?

Whoresradish,

It is probably a scam, but maybe not. Ask him to explain the business plan to you and show you the numbers. If he is unwilling it is definitely a scam.

ShroOmeric,

It’s a scam, or he really believes it and it’s even worse.

hahattpro,

I think I should pull him out of this for his own good.

mysoulishome,
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If they had convincing evidence that they could produce 15% return with low risk, investors would be beating down their door.

SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT,

Not too good to be true, but too good to be low risk.

15% ROI is definitely possible. Him screwing up and ending up bankrupt is also possible.

The red flag for me is “I know nothing about business” - you can’t judge the risks. You should absolutely not invest money you can’t afford to lose into risky stuff like this. In particular, taking out a loan just to loan the money to your friend would be a really stupid idea, and if he asked you to do that, he either is stupid, reckless, or doesn’t care if you get hurt.

I’d only consider loaning my own money with which I can afford taking the risk, and only if he could plausibly explain what he’s doing, and I felt like I can understand it and be confident that he can pull it off. I’d consider it a high risk investment on par with cryptocurrencies.

Given that you don’t seem to fully understand and there are other red flags: stay away.

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hahattpro,

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bradorsomething,

Unless this is drugs, with the potential of you going to prison, the return is too high. Don’t do this, drugs or no.

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hahattpro,

i dont know, but if you are scammed, don’t get scam again.

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