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Telephone Number +12027695992 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 202, Exchange Code 769 in District of Columbia (DC), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Wireless telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Washington, District of Columbia County. The number was originally operated by the provider Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - DC.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Wireless 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: District of Columbia (DC) (202)
Exchange Name : Washington, District of Columbia County (769)
Type: Wireless
Original Provider: Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - DC
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:

5th December 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 5th December 2017, telephone number +12027695992 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Edwin Jerry using email address dipedwinjerry@live.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.

Here is the email that the scammer sent to his victims.
GOOD DAY

I AM AGENT DIPLOMAT EDWIN JERRY I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ON YOUR TELEPHONE ABOUT AN HOUR NOW JUST TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESSFUL ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(1 SAARINEN CIR, DULLES, VA 20166, USA) WITH YOUR TWO BOXES OF CONSIGNMENT WORTH'S SUM OF $950,000 USD WHICH WAS A COMPENSATION PAYMENT APPROVED IN YOUR NAME BY THE UNITED NATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICA STATES COMMISSION COMPENSATION ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE DURING 2017 ANNUAL MEETINGS WHICH TAKE PLACE IN LIMA, PERU AND I WAS ASSIGNED TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT.

THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY DEMANDED FOR THE LEGAL BACK UP PAPERS TO PROVE THAT THE FUNDS IS NO WAY RELATED TO DRUG NOR MONEY LAUNDRY WHICH I DID PRESENTED TO THEM AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH THE PAPERS I PRESENTED BUT THE ONLY THING THAT IS STILL KEEPING ME HERE IS THE YELLOW TAG CERTIFICATE WHICH IS NOT PLACED ON THE PACKAGES (FUNDS ), ONE OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY HAS ADVISED THAT I SHOULD GET THE CERTIFICATE SO THAT I CAN EXIT THE AIRPORT IMMEDIATELY AND MAKE MY DELIVERY SUCCESSFUL DIRECT TO YOUR HOUSE REGISTERED ADDRESS.

I TRY TO REASON WITH THEM AND THEY STATED THAT THE CERTIFICATE WILL COST YOU SUM OF $95 USD TO GET THE CERTIFICATE PLACED ON THE PACKAGE BECAUSE THAT CERTIFICATE WILL ENABLE ME GET TO YOUR HOUSE SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE.

THEY HAVE SCANNED THE PACKAGE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE FUND IS 100% SPENDABLE AND ACCEPTED BY ANY BANK IN THE WHOLE WORLD. SO THEY ONLY THING STILL KEEPING ME HERE IS THE CERTIFICATE WHICH IS TO BE SECURED FROM OUR HEAD OFFICE IN BENIN AND SEND OVER HERE TO BE PLACED ON THE CONSIGNMENT BOXES SO AS TO ENABLE ME PROCEED TO MEET WITH YOU.

SO YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO SEND THE $95 USD THROUGH MONEY-GRAM TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU AND GET BACK TO ME WITH THE PICK UP DETAILS SO I CAN FORWARD IT TO OUR HEAD OFFICE FOR THEM TO PICK UP THE MONEY, SECURE THE CERTIFICATE AND DIRECT IT OVER HERE TO BE PLACED ON THE PACKAGE SO AS TO ENABLE ME PROCEED TO MEET WITH YOU. I HOPE EVERYTHING IS WELL UNDERSTOOD.

BELOW IS THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE $95 USD FOR THE CERTIFICATES TO BE SECURED AND SEND OVER TO ME HERE.


RECEIVER NAME JAMES OKECHI.

COUNTRY BENIN REPUBLIC

CITY COTONOU
CODE 00229


PLEASE TRY AND REACH ME WITH SMS OR CALL ASAP ( (202) 769-5992 ) AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO SPEND MORE TIME HERE DUE TO OTHER DELIVERY I HAVE TO TAKE CARE IN BANGKOK.

SEND THE REQUESTED INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED. PLEASE,

REGARDS,
DIPLOMAT
EDWIN JERRY.
202) 769-5992

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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