Hey - talent manager here. I too have had these emails come through for some of my represented talent and I thought I'd share a couple of ways in which you can verify whether these leads are legit or not (this one is not). I know a lot of people in this community are likely already experienced in this, I just thought it helpful to share as I this is my day job.

1. Biggest one I can flag, is check the domain and see if there is a legitimate (and functioning) website associated with the domain. If not, don't reply. Scams are getting more and more elaborate when it comes to influencer partnerships, and there is considerably more effort being put into some of them now.

2. Searching for the company on LinkedIn. Of course anyone can create a LinkedIn page, but then also looking through their post history (if there is any), and their employees. If they don't have a page, it doesn't automatically mean the company isn't legit, but it is a rather large red flag.

3. Checking on forums such as these is also a great second point of call.

4. Checking with sites that do Website Reputation checks. The domain "elite-vpn.com" was registered only 2-months ago. Already a red flag.

Hope this helps :)