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Info on the number +12532015281

Telephone Number +12532015281 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 253, Exchange Code 201 in Washington (WA), USA. The number was originally operated by the provider Neutral Tandem-Washington, LLC - WA.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a 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: Washington (WA) (253)
Original Provider: Neutral Tandem-Washington, LLC - WA
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:

2nd January 2019 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 2nd January 2019, telephone number +12532015281 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Brian Kelvin using email address bkelvin045@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.

Here is the email that the scammer sent to his victims.
ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY.

I AM DIPLOMAT. BRIAN KELVIN. FROM UPS COMPANY REPUBLIC OF GHANA, I WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM IN US RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR PACKAGE BOX BUT I LOST SOME ADDRESS WHERE I WAS ARRESTED THAT I DO NOT HAVE A TAX CLEARANCE PAPER AT JOHN F.KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JFK) BUT I THANK GOD THAT THEY SEARCH ALL THE PAPER OF THE CONSIGNMENT BOX AND ALL THE PAPER IS COMPLETED, THEY ASK ME WHO IS THE OWNER OF THIS CONSIGNMENT BOX WHICH I TOLD THEM THAT YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE CONSIGNMENT BOX, THEY DISCHARGE ME WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX BUT ONE MAN CAME NOW AND SAY THAT I WILL PROVIDE THE TAX CLEARANCE PAPER BEFORE I WILL PASS WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX.

MY DEAR I TOLD THE MAN THAT ALL MY PAPER IS COMPLETE BUT THE MAN REFUSE TO RELEASE ME WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX, I CALLED OUR COMPANY YESTERDAY TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE WHICH THEY TOLD ME TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE ISSUE, I AM BEGGING THE MAN TO ALLOW ME TO GO WITH YOUR PACKAGE BUT HE REFUSE,YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CONTAINS A LOT AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH IS $9.5MILLION U S DOLLARS, AND ALL THE PAPER OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX IS WITH ME,BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE NOW IS CUSTOMS OFFICER HERE DEMAND FOR TAX CLEARANCE PAPER,

RE-CONFIRM YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION:
FULL NAME...............
DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER ...........
DELIVERY ADDRESS .............

ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE TO PAY THE SUM OF $175.00 FOR TAX CLEARANCE PAPER THEY SAID THAT IF I DID NOT HAVE IT THAT I WILL NOT ENTER FLIGHT TO YOUR HOME OR TAXI SO YOU WILL SEND THE FEE TO GHANA WHERE I CAME FROM THEY WILL GET THE TAX CLEARANCE PAPER AND FORWARD IT TO ME HERE SO THAT I WILL DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS TODAY OR TOMORROW MORNING.

SO I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SO I WILL SEND NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE YOU WILL SEND THE NEEDED FEE TODAY

AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU QUICKLY TO AVOID DELAYING CALL OR SMS

BEST REGARDS,
DIPLOMAT.JOHNSON GERALD
MY PHONE==+1(253) 201-5281

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This number could also be written in the following formats

12532015281 +12532015281 0012532015281 01112532015281 001112532015281
01012532015281 1 (253) 201-5281 1-253-201-5281 1 253 201 5281 1-253-201-5281
1 253-201-5281 +1 (253) 201-5281 +1-253-201-5281 +1 253 201 5281 + 1-253-201-5281
+1 253-201-5281 001 (253) 201-5281 001-253-201-5281 001 253 201 5281 00 1-253-201-5281
001 253-201-5281 0111 (253) 201-5281 0111-253-201-5281 0111 253 201 5281 011 1-253-201-5281
0111 253-201-5281 00111 (253) 201-5281 00111-253-201-5281 00111 253 201 5281 0011 1-253-201-5281
00111 253-201-5281 0101 (253) 201-5281 0101-253-201-5281 0101 253 201 5281 010 1-253-201-5281
0101 253-201-5281 (253) 201-5281 253-201-5281