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Telephone Number +12026815273 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 202, Exchange Code 681 in District of Columbia (DC), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Landline telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Washington, District of Columbia County. The number was originally operated by the provider Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - DC.

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.

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Country Code: 1
Country Name: USA
Area Name: District of Columbia (DC) (202)
Exchange Name : Washington, District of Columbia County (681)
Type: Landline
Original Provider: Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - DC
Validity: The number is the correct length for a North American number.

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8th November 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 8th November 2018, telephone number +12026815273 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be David Pekoske using email address mr.davidpekoske@yahoo.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 DAY,

I HOPE THIS MAIL FINDS YOU IN GOOD SPIRIT AND IN GOOD HEALTH?

MY NAME IS MR. DAVID PEKOSKE, THE SEVENTH ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) WASHINGTON DC, I'M IN CHARGE OF MONITORING ALL FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS IN AFRICA EUROPE AND ASIA AND I HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE VARIOUS TRANSACTIONS GOING ON IN AFRICA, EUROPE AND ASIA, MOST ESPECIALLY CONSIGNMENTS CASES AND BANK TRANSFER. I DO NOT INTEND TO SPOIL YOUR DAY OR TO PUT YOU UNDER DURESS.

BUT YOU CAN NOT RECEIVE ANY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENTS BOXES PURSUIT, WITHOUT A CLEARANCE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA). HOWEVER, UPON THE ARRIVAL OF OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA F.S. COGSWELL IN BENIN REPUBLIC AND AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH OUR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS FROM OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES FROM AFRICA ASIA, EUROPE, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RESPECTIVELY, AGAINST THE BENIN GOVERNMENT AND NIGERIA OVER THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND AFRICA.

WHEN OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA F.S. COGSWELL ARRIVE IN THE BENIN PARLIAMENT IN COTONOU, SHE FOUND YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FILE LYING ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIR OFFICE DESK WITHOUT ANY ATTENTION ON A THOROUGH SCRUTINY AND SHE DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY YOUR DELIVERY AGENT. MEANWHILE, SHE WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TRY TO REACH YOU, BUT NO WAY AND THEY HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT BUT TO NO AVAIL.

DURING KIRSTJEN NIELSEN RECENT ROUTINE RE-CHECKING, SHE PERSONALLY DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTENT DECLARATION DOCUMENTS STATED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTAINS PERSONAL EFFECTS MEANWHILE, IT CONTAINS UNITED STATES DOLLAR BILLS WORTH OVER US$3.7 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONSIGNMENT TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU EARLIER BEFORE NOW.

BASED ON THIS DISCOVERY, I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WITH HER POSITION AND POWER AS THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA), SHE CAN ASSIST YOU TO LEGALLY CLEAR YOUR CONSIGNMENT FUND, BUT YOU MUST AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR EMAILS, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING AND SENDING MONEY TO PEOPLE IN BENIN GHANA SOUTH AFRICA TOGO BENIN AND NIGERIA, WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE MONEY GRAM DIRECTOR. YOU ARE ALSO DEALING WITH A BANK, AND OTHER NAMES WHICH I AM STILL WAITING TO BE FORWARDED TO IN OUR OFFICE HERE IN WASHINGTON,DC. WHO HAVE MONITORED ALL YOUR DEALINGS WITH THIS HOODLUM. YOU ARE ADVICE TO HENCE FORT STOP FURTHER DEALINGS WITH ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED PEOPLE, UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE YOUR DEALING WITH THEM IS TERMED AS ILLEGAL TRANSACTION.

I WISH TO INFORM THAT WE THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) IS ON LOOK OUT FOR ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED NAME, MOSTLY THOSE WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF WEST AFRICAN DEBT MONEY GRAM AND MONEY GRAM AND PROPERTY RECOVERY BENIN. ALL THIS MENTIONED PEOPLE ARE IMPOSTOR, AND WE INTEND TO APPREHEND THEM SOON. I WANT YOU TO PLEASE STOP COMMUNICATING, AND DEALING WITH THEM UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. I WISH TO NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING YOUR BOX OF CONSIGNMENT THAT WAS HANDED OVER TO OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA F.S. COGSWELL AFTER THE MEETING HELD BETWEEN HER AND SOME OF THE TOP PARLIAMENT MEMBERS OF BENIN AND THE FOREIGN AFFAIR MINSTER IN THE BENIN CAPITAL HEADQUARTERS COTONOU, DUE TO THE DELAY FOR YOU NOT HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX FOR LONG TIME NOW.

ACCORDINGLY, WE HAVE WAIVED YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FEES AND AUTHORIZED THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC TO ALLOW OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA F.S. COGSWELL FLY WITH THIS YOUR APPROVED CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED. THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL PAY TO CONFIRM YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX RECEIVED IN YOUR POSSESSION IS THE WEIGHT FEE OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX WHICH IS SUM OF $500.00 ONLY.

IN ORDER WORDS YOUR BOX IS WITH OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA F.S. COGSWELL NOW AND SHE SHALL BE COMING TO YOUR CITY AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU AND SHE WILL BE COMING ALONG WITH YOUR BOX OF CONSIGNMENT, BUT REMEMBER THAT AS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SHE IS A US GOVERNMENT SECURITY AGENT AND HAS THE POWER TO GO THROUGH ANY AIRPORT CUSTOMS WITHOUT INSPECTING WHAT SHE IS CARRYING ALONG.

AS SOON AS SHE ARRIVES IN YOUR STATE SHE WILL CALL YOU ON YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER THEN MEET YOU IN PERSON AND HAND OVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO WASHINGTON DC. OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA F.S. COGSWELL HAVE TAKEN THIS ASSIGNMENT UPON HERSELF BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE REALLY PAID SO MUCH ON THE COST OF DELIVERY, BUT NOTHING WAS RECEIVED BY YOU. SO BE ADVICE TO COMPLY ONCE YOU GET THIS EMAIL NOW BECAUSE EVERY THING HAS BEEN DONE OK. THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM OUR PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE TO SEND THE SUM OF $500.00USD THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM. AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX, FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR INHERITED FUNDS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY AGAIN.

ALSO FORWARD YOUR INFORMATION SUCH AS:
FULL NAME: __________
FULL ADDRESS: __________
PHONE NUMBER: __________
NEAREST AIRPORT: __________

NOTE THAT OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA F.S. COGSWELL HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME TO STAY IN BENIN REPUBLIC SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE. MY DEAR, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLY SO YOUR BOX SHALL BE DELIVER TO YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS. BUT REMEMBER THAT AFTER (3 DAYS) YOU DID NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT THEN YOUR FUNDS WILL BE DIVERTED TO THE U.S GOVERNMENT FUND OR BENIN GOVERNMENT TREASURY.


SINCERELY YOURS,
MR. DAVID PEKOSKE
TEL- +1 (202) 681-5273
Email- (mr.davidpekoske@yahoo.com)
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)

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2nd September 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 2nd September 2018, telephone number +12026815273 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be John Roth using email address inspectorjohnroth@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 DAY,

I HOPE THIS MAIL FINDS YOU IN GOOD SPIRIT AND IN GOOD HEALTH?

MY NAME IS MR. JOHN ROTH, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL TO THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC, AM IN CHARGE TO MONITORED ALL FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS IN AFRICA EUROPE AND ASIA. I HAVE BEEN IN THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MONITORING THE VARIOUS TRANSACTIONS GOING ON IN AFRICA, EUROPE AND ASIA, MOST ESPECIALLY CONSIGNMENTS CASES AND BANK TRANSFER. I DO NOT INTEND TO SPOIL YOUR DAY OR TO PUT YOU UNDER DURESS.

BUT YOU CAN NOT RECEIVE ANY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENTS BOXES PURSUIT, WITHOUT A CLEARANCE FROM THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HOWEVER, UPON THE ARRIVAL OF OUR SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN IN BENIN REPUBLIC AND AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH OUR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS FROM OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES FROM AFRICA ASIA, EUROPE, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RESPECTIVELY, AGAINST THE BENIN GOVERNMENT AND NIGERIA OVER THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND AFRICA.

WHEN OUR SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN ARRIVE IN THE BENIN PARLIAMENT IN COTONOU, SHE FOUND YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FILE LYING ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIR OFFICE DESK WITHOUT ANY ATTENTION ON A THOROUGH SCRUTINY AND SHE DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY YOUR DELIVERY AGENT. MEANWHILE, SHE WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TRY TO REACH YOU, BUT NO WAY AND THEY HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT BUT TO NO AVAIL.

DURING KIRSTJEN NIELSEN RECENT ROUTINE RE-CHECKING, SHE PERSONALLY DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTENT DECLARATION DOCUMENTS STATED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTAINS PERSONAL EFFECTS MEANWHILE, IT CONTAINS UNITED STATES DOLLAR BILLS WORTH OVER US$3.7 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONSIGNMENT TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU EARLIER BEFORE NOW.

BASED ON THIS DISCOVERY, I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WITH HER POSITION AND POWER AS THE SECRETARY OF U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, SHE CAN ASSIST YOU TO LEGALLY CLEAR YOUR CONSIGNMENT FUND, BUT YOU MUST AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR EMAILS, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING AND SENDING MONEY TO PEOPLE IN BENIN GHANA SOUTH AFRICA TOGO BENIN AND NIGERIA, WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE MONEY GRAM DIRECTOR. YOU ARE ALSO DEALING WITH A BANK, AND OTHER NAMES WHICH I AM STILL WAITING TO BE FORWARDED TO IN OUR OFFICE HERE IN WASHINGTON,DC. WHO HAVE MONITORED ALL YOUR DEALINGS WITH THIS HOODLUM. YOU ARE ADVICE TO HENCE FORT STOP FURTHER DEALINGS WITH ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED PEOPLE, UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE YOUR DEALING WITH THEM IS TERMED AS ILLEGAL TRANSACTION.

I WISH TO INFORM THAT WE THE HOMELAND SECURITY IS ON LOOK OUT FOR ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED NAME, MOSTLY THOSE WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF WEST AFRICAN DEBT MONEY GRAM AND MONEY GRAM AND PROPERTY RECOVERY BENIN. ALL THIS MENTIONED PEOPLE ARE IMPOSTOR, AND WE INTEND TO APPREHEND THEM SOON. I WANT YOU TO PLEASE STOP COMMUNICATING, AND DEALING WITH THEM UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. I WISH TO NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING YOUR BOX OF CONSIGNMENT THAT WAS HANDED OVER TO OUR SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN AFTER THE MEETING HELD BETWEEN HER AND SOME OF THE TOP PARLIAMENT MEMBERS OF BENIN AND THE FOREIGN AFFAIR MINSTER IN THE BENIN CAPITAL HEADQUARTERS COTONOU, DUE TO THE DELAY FOR YOU NOT HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX FOR LONG TIME NOW.

ACCORDINGLY, WE HAVE WAIVED YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FEES AND AUTHORIZED THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC TO ALLOW OUR SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN FLY WITH THIS YOUR APPROVED CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED. THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL PAY TO CONFIRM YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX RECEIVED IN YOUR POSSESSION IS THE WEIGHT FEE OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX WHICH IS SUM OF $500.00 ONLY.

IN ORDER WORDS YOUR BOX IS WITH OUR SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN NOW AND SHE SHALL BE COMING TO YOUR CITY AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU AND SHE WILL BE COMING ALONG WITH YOUR BOX OF CONSIGNMENT, BUT REMEMBER THAT AS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SHE IS A US GOVERNMENT SECURITY AGENT AND HAS THE POWER TO GO THROUGH ANY AIRPORT CUSTOMS WITHOUT INSPECTING WHAT SHE IS CARRYING ALONG.

AS SOON AS SHE ARRIVES IN YOUR STATE SHE WILL CALL YOU ON YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER THEN MEET YOU IN PERSON AND HAND OVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO WASHINGTON DC. OUR SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN HAVE TAKEN THIS ASSIGNMENT UPON HERSELF BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE REALLY PAID SO MUCH ON THE COST OF DELIVERY, BUT NOTHING WAS RECEIVED BY YOU. SO BE ADVICE TO COMPLY ONCE YOU GET THIS EMAIL NOW BECAUSE EVERY THING HAS BEEN DONE OK. THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM OUR PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE TO SEND THE SUM OF $500.00USD THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM. AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX, FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR INHERITED FUNDS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY AGAIN.

ALSO FORWARD YOUR INFORMATION SUCH AS:
FULL NAME: __________
FULL ADDRESS: __________
PHONE NUMBER: __________
NEAREST AIRPORT: __________

NOTE THAT OUR SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME TO STAY IN BENIN REPUBLIC SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE. MY DEAR, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLY SO YOUR BOX SHALL BE DELIVER TO YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS. BUT REMEMBER THAT AFTER (3 DAYS) YOU DID NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT THEN YOUR FUNDS WILL BE DIVERTED TO THE U.S GOVERNMENT FUND OR BENIN GOVERNMENT TREASURY.


SINCERELY YOURS,
MR JOHN ROTH
TEL- +1 (202) 681-5273
Email- (inspectorjohnroth@gmail.com)
INSPECTOR GENERAL THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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1 202-681-5273 +1 (202) 681-5273 +1-202-681-5273 +1 202 681 5273 + 1-202-681-5273
+1 202-681-5273 001 (202) 681-5273 001-202-681-5273 001 202 681 5273 00 1-202-681-5273
001 202-681-5273 0111 (202) 681-5273 0111-202-681-5273 0111 202 681 5273 011 1-202-681-5273
0111 202-681-5273 00111 (202) 681-5273 00111-202-681-5273 00111 202 681 5273 0011 1-202-681-5273
00111 202-681-5273 0101 (202) 681-5273 0101-202-681-5273 0101 202 681 5273 010 1-202-681-5273
0101 202-681-5273 (202) 681-5273 202-681-5273