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Telephone Number +14242770394 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 424, Exchange Code 277 in California (CA), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Landline telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County. The number was originally operated by the provider Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA.

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: California (CA) (424)
Exchange Name : Los Angeles, Los Angeles County (277)
Type: Landline
Original Provider: Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA
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:

20th August 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 20th August 2018, telephone number +14242770394 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Phil Gate using email address philgate639@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.
GOOD NEWS FROM US Embassy Nigeria,

Welcome to the United States Of America Embassy Nigeria, This is Ambassador Phil Gate, U.S. Embassy in Nigeria. We write to notify you that U.S. Embassy here in Nigeria has inter-vain in your case due to your total sum of $2.500, 000, 00,Inheritance fund owning you in Africa. We are here to represent and protect the legal interest of every American and any others Country like UK and Asia that involved in such businesses of every Foreigner and especially to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member Country Citizens domiciled here in Nigeria. This site contains information on the United States of America and Nigeria. It provides pages on the bilateral relationship between the two Countries,as well as on foreign policy, economic affairs, domestic issues, and U.S.society and values.The various sections of the Embassy work together as a team to address the goals of the Mission.

We write to inform you of the breaking news about your Inheritance fund of ($2.5 million USD) which you have been expecting sending money for so long, without a good result up to date, even many of them contacted you in form of Western Union Department or Money Gram stated your fund was with them, from the financial regulatory bodies of this Country, from their report I gathered that your Inheritance fund which was scheduled to have been remitted to your destination point by some corrupt officials with intention of asking you to pay endless money. However, I went to NIGERIA International Criminal Organization after USA Embassy Board of Directors for investigation, and in their bid to launch a full scale investigation into the saga, they found out that the reason why you were swindled in the past and still not been able to receive your expected fund till date was because you were dealing with the wrong people without involved USA Embassy representative, unscrupulous elements, and impostors that were impersonating.

Further more,USA Embassy have took the chance to an emergency meeting with the Government of Nigeria, and it was resolved that you shall be receiving $2.500,000,00, we have summon the amalgamated union governing all the official office stores in this Country and their MD referred your fund to step aside that we will handle your payment total sum of $2.500,000,00,by our self, so, it better for you to stopped communicate with any other office here in NIGERIA, because,if you do is for your own risk.Though the Claim Fund Origin certificate charges that you were supposed to pay was initially on the high price but has been cut down to $95.00 by the USA Embassy in NIGERIA as part of our corporate social responsibility to considering the poor economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class citizens to meet up with the Claim Fund Origin of their entitlement. You can contact Ambassador Phil Gate via this Email- philgate639@gmail.com or text him to this number +1 424-277-0394.

Note that the $95.00 is the only money that you shall pay to Motigwe NDU NGOZI before they shall start programing the payment details that shall enable you have access of your $2, 500, 000, 00, Note that the $95.00 is compulsory for you to pay as it was agreed in the meeting that you have to pay the $95.00 which will serve as re-confirmation to your original file,meanwhile you are advised to reconfirm the below information to avoid mistaking:

1. Your Full Name: _______
2. Your Direct Cell No: _______
3. Your Home Address: _______
4. Your City: _______
5. Your Country:_________
5. Your ID: _______
6. Your Occupation___________

Note that you are expected to pay only $95.00 for re-confirmation of your file and you are to pay it to Western union or Money Gram to Benin Republic as the origination of the Fund in the favor of Job Aja. Send the $95.00 through with the information below for reconfirmation of your file that will enhance the release of your Fund.

Receivers: ______ NDU NGOZI
City: ___________ Awka
Country: _________Nigeria
Amount: _________$95.00
Sender s name: ____
MTCN_____________

Once you send the money, try to notify us with the MTCN for easy pick up and for immediate action on the release of your $2.500, 000, 00, and your subsequent payments. Note that any unclaimed funds will be return to the Government of Nigeria after 7days. so you are urgently advised to comply with our directives so that you shall receive your fund without stress again.

AMBASSADOR MR Phil Gate
Director, U.S. Ambassador Nigeria.
Email: philgate639@gmail.com

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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1 424-277-0394 +1 (424) 277-0394 +1-424-277-0394 +1 424 277 0394 + 1-424-277-0394
+1 424-277-0394 001 (424) 277-0394 001-424-277-0394 001 424 277 0394 00 1-424-277-0394
001 424-277-0394 0111 (424) 277-0394 0111-424-277-0394 0111 424 277 0394 011 1-424-277-0394
0111 424-277-0394 00111 (424) 277-0394 00111-424-277-0394 00111 424 277 0394 0011 1-424-277-0394
00111 424-277-0394 0101 (424) 277-0394 0101-424-277-0394 0101 424 277 0394 010 1-424-277-0394
0101 424-277-0394 (424) 277-0394 424-277-0394