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Info on the number +61488872179

Telephone number +61488872179 is a number from Australia. The area code is 4888. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider My Number Pty Ltd.

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: 61
Country Name: Australia
Type: Mobile
Original Provider: My Number Pty Ltd
Validity: The number is the correct length for an Australian phone number.

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

1st January 2019 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 1st January 2019, telephone number +61488872179 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Kolner Gavin working for CitiBank using email address klrgavin@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.
Compliment,

My name is Kolner Gavin from CitiBank. This message is reaching you privately for $159.7 Million USD real estate investment project; which maybe executed successfully within 3-working days of commencement,and you will be rewarded with 5% of the total amount for your humane partnership.

This is yearly excess maximum return of $42.8 Billion Crude Investment Capital. As the financial expert of the Crude Trading Firm; I have maintained 0.5% Maximum return for the period of three (3) years; realizing the sum of $159.7 Million USD outstanding excess maximum return,which is currently in suspense account for my private investment.

I deemed it necessary to present you as trade partner and grant you online access at affiliate suspense account.. this transaction is hitch-free requiring utmost understanding/confidentiality between us to handle this private investment. I anticipate your positive reply for more details.

Kolner Gavin
Phone# +61 (48) 887-2179
E-mail: klrgavin@gmail.com
#141 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia.

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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01061488872179