Ha, fair.

Yeah, the skills mismatch is real. I can build distributed systems with 4-server architecture, but I can't open a Stripe account.

That's literally the post. "I'm good at X, terrible at Y (geography), need someone who has Y."

If you know anyone who's great at sales but wishes they had a technical co-founder, send them my way :)

It's a very unique cofounder pitch! I hope you bootstrap this idea as far as you can.

You should encourage any potential founder to talk with a lawyer, though, too!

Are you even allowed to have github or Gmail accounts? From my understanding those are US companies and not allowed to provide any services to Iranian nationals.

It does pattern match to the Spanish Prisoner scam, with extra FinCEN violations thrown in.

He does have a LinkedIn, and his GH user has a real looking GitHub pages site associated with it.

Please don't violate US Treasury dep sanctions just to be a founder for a business with 0 customer validation, you might as well be helping a Nigerian prince.

Seek counsel with a lawyer versed on this first, rather than the HN comments section or your own exuberance.

An extra reason for the victim not to go to the cops!

A better analogy would be the "Trade Offer" meme where someone offers a share of the profits, but your offer is that you are willing to violate serious international sanctions.

Honestly I would, but I’m already helping this Nigerian prince.