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Info on the number +2347017879196

Telephone number +2347017879196 is a number from Nigeria. The area code is 701. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider Airtel Nigeria.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Mobile 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: 234
Country Name: Nigeria
Type: Mobile
Original Provider: Airtel Nigeria
Validity: The number is the correct length for a Nigerian mobile phone number.

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

15th November 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 15th November 2018, telephone number +2347017879196 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Jonathan Smith using email address jonathan_smith23six@yahoo.co.jp 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.
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Mr Ibrahim Mustafa Magu the chairman of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL
CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC).EFCC in alliance with Economic community
of West African states (ECOWAS) with head Office here in Nigeria.
We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and
scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United
States Government and the United Nations.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in
various parts of west African countries which includes (NIGERIA,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROUN AND SENEGAL) and they are
all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria.

We have been able to recover so much money from these scam
artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United
State Government have ordered the money recovered from the
Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe.

This email is being directed to you because your email address
was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk
in our custody here in Nigeria and with the information gardered
from this Scam artist, we notice that you have been scammed of so
much money and have decided to compensate you to recover the lost
of your fund.

You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $2.5
Million Dollars. We have also arrested all those who claim that
they are Barristers,Bank officials,Lottery Agents who has money
for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds
which does not exist.

Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will
receive a compensation of US$2.5 Million, we have made
arrangement to register an Online Banking Account through our
Global Bank, where you will have full access to your Online
Banking Account,to transfer your fund personally to your Private
Bank Account with no complication of things as the Account will
be fully registered in your Name.

Feel free to contact the processing officer MR JONATHAN SMITH,
The online Banking Processing is made much easier for you to
transfer your fund to your private Bank Account personally, to
avoid any delay or complication of things.

With this Online Banking Transfer, you can only transfer the
Maximum Amount of US$100.000.00 daily/instalmentally until the
total amount of your Compensated/deposited fund is transferred
and completely paid to you.

So you are advice to contact the processing officer MR JONATHAN
SMITH, with a re-confirmation of your information required for
verification below.

CONTACT PERSON: MR JONATHAN SMITH.
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: jonathan_smith23six@yahoo.co.jp
CONTACT TELEPHONE: +234-701-787-9196

Contact MR JONATHAN SMITH, with the information required for
verification to enable start the processing of your Online
Banking Account Registration for deposition of your total
compensated fund.

1)YOUR FULL NAME.
2)YOUR ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4)YOUR IDENTITY.

We guarantee you 100% safety and wish you the best of luck.

Best Regard,
Mr Ibrahim Mustafa Magu
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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010234-701-787-9196 010234-70-17879196 (+234) 7017-879196