obviously a scam. They called us today and we are a nonprofit. Don't waste your time or intelligence.

Both of my businesses received  messages from this number, identified only as a Corporate Aquisitions Group, outside of business hours on a Friday night (Fri, July 11 at 5:42pm and at 5:46pm PST).

I too just recieved a message from Barry Adams with Corporate Acqusitions at ext. 704.  Well, chock it up to the heap....

Chalk up another one here.  He called and left me a message at 8:12p.m. in Arizona.  That is 9:12p.m. in Chicago, where Barry Adams said he is from.

What professional / serious business would call businesses in the middle of the night, when they are sure to just get an answering machine.

I would not waste my time calling him back!

And, for the record, robotic stock trading software company, CoolTrade inc. at http://www.cool-trade.com is NOT for sale!

Barry Adams, Rick Webber, Ty Tymkovich(all of 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.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ks/press/Sept07/09_20.html

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.