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Telephone number +2348055246279 is a number from Nigeria. The area code is 805. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider Globacom.

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: Globacom
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:

7th April 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 7th April 2018, telephone number +2348055246279 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Phillips Oduoza using email address ubaonlinebanking55@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.
*UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA). HEAD OFFICE: U.B.A.HOUSE, 57, MARINA
STREET,VICTORIA ISLAND P. O. BOX 2406,LAGOS-NIGERIA. FROM: Phillips Oduoza
GMD/CEO United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA). You can call Me +234-8055246279
WEBSITE: https://ibank. ubagroup.com REF: UBA/222/XCC/MOFFICE/2014 ISIN
CODE : NGUBA0000001; Legal Form: Other non-liability limited; Operational
Status: Operational; OUR SWIFT CODE: UNAFNGLA Dear Esteemed Customer,
You were informed that, the United Bank for Africa Plc,upon receipt of your
payment approval and draft from the Central Bank of Nigeria to settle your
out standing payment considering how drafts from Nigeria and Africa in
general are been handled in Europe, Asia,Middle east and America inline
with the International Monetary Transactions policies of our bank decided
to set up a none resident US dollars U-Direct account in your name. your
full amount to be transferred $50 million USD to be transferred bit by bit.*

*This account will enable you transfer your funds gradually unconditionally
by yourself through the UBA Inter Switch Transfers platform electronically
at zero COT to any Bank account of your choice at any time. The
access/log in to your none resident US dollar U-Direct
website:https://ibank. ubagroup.com, then tick the Corporate space and
allow for a few minutes to enter the information below: Account
Number/Corp. ID: 2012301293 User ID: UBA234766876 Password: UBAYYMMPRSAV17
Beneficiary:WEBSITE: https://ibank. ubagroup.com Your prompt compliance
to our Bank's stipulated policy which is inline with the International
Banking transactions standard policy will enable this account be
activated/validated and you will have access to carry out any transactions
and transfers to your designated bank account. If you want to be sure of
whom I am or to know more about me, Phillips Oduoza, log on to our bank's
website viz: http://www.ubagroup.com mc/bios, click on Philips Oduoza Or
click directly to: http://www.ubagroup.com/mc bio?id20120904032833dky9zr9pp7 For the Management, United Bank for Africa Plc.
Yours sincerely, Phillips Oduoza GMD/CEO United Bank for Africa Plc
(UBA). TEL: +234-8055246279*

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

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