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Info on the number +17162987966

Telephone Number +17162987966 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 716, Exchange Code 298 in New York (NY), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Landline telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Niagara Falls, Niagara County. The number was originally operated by the provider Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NY.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Landline number, be assigned to a different provider or be being operated from a different location (even overseas in the case of VoIP numbers). If the number is being used to call you then it is also possible that the number is being spoofed and does not actually belong to the person using it.

Here is some general information about the number.

Country Code: 1
Country Name: USA
Area Name: New York (NY) (716)
Exchange Name : Niagara Falls, Niagara County (298)
Type: Landline
Original Provider: Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NY
Validity: The number is the correct length for a North American number.

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This number is recorded in our database for the following scams:

16th January 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 16th January 2017, telephone number +17162987966 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Fred Johnson using email address fbi39019@gmail.com as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam.

In Advance Fee Fraud Scams, the scammer will offer you something of high value (a large sum of money or gold for example) and all you have to do is pay a "small" fee. What the scammer is offering you does not actually exist and the scammer will come up with fee after fee that needs to be paid by the victims, until he either runs out of money or realises that he has been scammed. The scammer will often pretend to be real people or companies, use fake websites and introduce various characters, all with the aim of convincing the victim that what is being offered to him is real.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

16th January 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 16th January 2017, telephone number +17162987966 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Fred Johnson using email address dhlcompanydhlcompany@gmail.com as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam.

In Advance Fee Fraud Scams, the scammer will offer you something of high value (a large sum of money or gold for example) and all you have to do is pay a "small" fee. What the scammer is offering you does not actually exist and the scammer will come up with fee after fee that needs to be paid by the victims, until he either runs out of money or realises that he has been scammed. The scammer will often pretend to be real people or companies, use fake websites and introduce various characters, all with the aim of convincing the victim that what is being offered to him is real.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

12th August 2016 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 12th August 2016, telephone number +17162987966 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be James Comey using email address fbifederalbureauinv.20152015@yandex.com as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam.

In Advance Fee Fraud Scams, the scammer will offer you something of high value (a large sum of money or gold for example) and all you have to do is pay a "small" fee. What the scammer is offering you does not actually exist and the scammer will come up with fee after fee that needs to be paid by the victims, until he either runs out of money or realises that he has been scammed. The scammer will often pretend to be real people or companies, use fake websites and introduce various characters, all with the aim of convincing the victim that what is being offered to him is real.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

*NOTE* Phone numbers can be regularly re-assigned if the person using them stops paying the bill. This number was included in scammer emails or websites on the dates shown above, but may have since been reassigned. If you have evidence of more recent scam activity using the number, please use the contact page to let us know or post the details in our forum. You can also add brief comments in the comments section below.

This number could also be written in the following formats

17162987966 +17162987966 0017162987966 01117162987966 001117162987966
01017162987966 1 (716) 298-7966 1-716-298-7966 1 716 298 7966 1-716-298-7966
1 716-298-7966 +1 (716) 298-7966 +1-716-298-7966 +1 716 298 7966 + 1-716-298-7966
+1 716-298-7966 001 (716) 298-7966 001-716-298-7966 001 716 298 7966 00 1-716-298-7966
001 716-298-7966 0111 (716) 298-7966 0111-716-298-7966 0111 716 298 7966 011 1-716-298-7966
0111 716-298-7966 00111 (716) 298-7966 00111-716-298-7966 00111 716 298 7966 0011 1-716-298-7966
00111 716-298-7966 0101 (716) 298-7966 0101-716-298-7966 0101 716 298 7966 010 1-716-298-7966
0101 716-298-7966 (716) 298-7966 716-298-7966