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Info on the number +12028495217

Telephone Number +12028495217 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 202, Exchange Code 849 in District of Columbia (DC), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Wireless 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 Wireless 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: District of Columbia (DC) (202)
Exchange Name : Washington, District of Columbia County (849)
Type: Wireless
Original Provider: Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - DC
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:

4th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 4th February 2018, telephone number +12028495217 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Chinelo Adams using email address diplomaticagent1@qualityservice.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.
I'm Diplomatic Mr. Chinelo Adams, I arrived in Dulles International Airport Washington dc, (IAD), Sterling, VA 20166, with your consignment box worth ($1.5 Million Dollars) which I have been instructed by DHL DELIVERY COMPANY to be delivered to you.

The Airport Authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to prove to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud money, I have Presented the papers I handed to them and they are very much pleased with the papers I presented but the only thing that is still keeping me here is the Airport Anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate and Police Clearance Report which is not placed on the package, one of the Airport Authority has advised that we get the delivery tag so that I can exit the airport immediately and make My delivery successful. I try to reason with them and they stated the delivery tag will cost us just $105 Dollars only to get the two documents placed on the Packages as those documents will enable me.

Please try as much as you can to reach me on Phone below as I can not afford to spend much time here. You can direct the tag fee to our Head Office as they will get it here for you and they are entitled to receive and make any payment to foreign countries authority, Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon contacting us to avoid delivery to wrong person.

1- Your Full Name
2- Your Delivery Address
3- Your Contact Telephone Number
4- Your Occupation driver
5- Your Identification (Passport number or ID card number)

Below is the information where the payment of $105 will be transfer to Federal Ministry of Finance Benin Republic where the Tag Deliver will be issue in your name:

RECEIVER NAME.......Moses Utah
COUNTRY.... BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY ..........COTONOU
TEXT QUESTION ...What For
TEXT ANSWERE ...Package
AMOUNT...$105 USD
SENDER NAME
MTCN

Email me the payment information as soon as you made the payment available to the name of JAMES OTUAH in Federal Ministry of Finance.

Regard
Diplomatic Mr. Chinelo Adams
Contact number Call or Text +1 202) 849-5217
Email: diplomaticagent1@qualityservice.com
Email: mrchineloadams@gmail.com

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

4th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 4th February 2018, telephone number +12028495217 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Chinelo Adams using email address mrchineloadams@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.
I'm Diplomatic Mr. Chinelo Adams, I arrived in Dulles International Airport Washington dc, (IAD), Sterling, VA 20166, with your consignment box worth ($1.5 Million Dollars) which I have been instructed by DHL DELIVERY COMPANY to be delivered to you.

The Airport Authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to prove to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud money, I have Presented the papers I handed to them and they are very much pleased with the papers I presented but the only thing that is still keeping me here is the Airport Anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate and Police Clearance Report which is not placed on the package, one of the Airport Authority has advised that we get the delivery tag so that I can exit the airport immediately and make My delivery successful. I try to reason with them and they stated the delivery tag will cost us just $105 Dollars only to get the two documents placed on the Packages as those documents will enable me.

Please try as much as you can to reach me on Phone below as I can not afford to spend much time here. You can direct the tag fee to our Head Office as they will get it here for you and they are entitled to receive and make any payment to foreign countries authority, Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon contacting us to avoid delivery to wrong person.

1- Your Full Name
2- Your Delivery Address
3- Your Contact Telephone Number
4- Your Occupation driver
5- Your Identification (Passport number or ID card number)

Below is the information where the payment of $105 will be transfer to Federal Ministry of Finance Benin Republic where the Tag Deliver will be issue in your name:

RECEIVER NAME.......Moses Utah
COUNTRY.... BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY ..........COTONOU
TEXT QUESTION ...What For
TEXT ANSWERE ...Package
AMOUNT...$105 USD
SENDER NAME
MTCN

Email me the payment information as soon as you made the payment available to the name of JAMES OTUAH in Federal Ministry of Finance.

Regard
Diplomatic Mr. Chinelo Adams
Contact number Call or Text +1 202) 849-5217
Email: diplomaticagent1@qualityservice.com
Email: mrchineloadams@gmail.com

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

*NOTE* Phone numbers can be regularly re-assigned if the person using them stops paying the bill. This number was included in scammer emails or websites on the dates shown above, but may have since been reassigned. If you have evidence of more recent scam activity using the number, please use the contact page to let us know or post the details in our forum. You can also add brief comments in the comments section below.

This number could also be written in the following formats

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01012028495217 1 (202) 849-5217 1-202-849-5217 1 202 849 5217 1-202-849-5217
1 202-849-5217 +1 (202) 849-5217 +1-202-849-5217 +1 202 849 5217 + 1-202-849-5217
+1 202-849-5217 001 (202) 849-5217 001-202-849-5217 001 202 849 5217 00 1-202-849-5217
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0111 202-849-5217 00111 (202) 849-5217 00111-202-849-5217 00111 202 849 5217 0011 1-202-849-5217
00111 202-849-5217 0101 (202) 849-5217 0101-202-849-5217 0101 202 849 5217 010 1-202-849-5217
0101 202-849-5217 (202) 849-5217 202-849-5217