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Telephone Number +12028585853 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 202, Exchange Code 858 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 Neutral Tandem-Washington, DC., 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.

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 (858)
Type: Landline
Original Provider: Neutral Tandem-Washington, DC., 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:

13th August 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 13th August 2020, telephone number +12028585853 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Shaolin Yang working as Managing Director for World Bank Group using email address shaolinyangofficemail@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.
WORLD BANK GROUP USA
Ref: WBG-0XX2/101/1944
Address: 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433 United States

CERTIFIED AND APPROVED PAYMENT OF (US$3,800.000.00 USD)Only.

Attention: bona fide beneficiary

From the desk of (Mr. Shaolin Yang, Managing Director In-Charge, World Bank Group USA). We hereby officially notify you of the present arrangement and conclusion to pay you your long overdue compensation/inheritance fund worth US$3,800.000.00 (Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) from the United Nations in Conjunction with the United States Department of Treasury. It would interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondence on the unpleasant way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies across Europe to Africa and Asia and we have decided to put a stop to it, and that is why the WORLD BANK GROUP is strictly handling your transaction now.

Note, all Governmental and Non-Governmental parasites, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact with you of late have been instructed to back off from your transaction and you are advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the WORLD BANK GROUP is now directly in charge of your payment. I hope this is clear? Because any action contrary to these instructions is at your own risk.

Meanwhile be informed that we have initiated an alternative means of getting your fund released to you without any further delay and you are strongly advised to make your option known to us to enable us effect your payment within 48hrs as guaranteed from our previous meeting. These options are stated below waiting for your go ahead instruction before we can initiate the payment.

1. ATM Debit Card: This means of payment enables us load your total fund into an ATM Debit Card, activate and deliver it to your home address which will be reconfirmed to us on your forthcoming email. Please note that the ATM Debit Card is accepted at over 900,000 ATM centers in over 210 countries worldwide. The ATM Debit Card will be loaded with the total sum of US$3,800.000.00 (Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) and the Card will be delivered to you by (UPS Courier Service). In line with the withdrawal procedure, you are only allowed a daily withdrawal of not more than $20,000.00 USD per day, and a minimum of $1,000 per withdrawal.
2. Bank Wire Transfer: This second mode of payment is carried out when we make a direct wire transfer to any of your designated account you may provide to us on your forthcoming email, which will reflect in your account within 48hrs
3. Opening an Offshore Online Account: This mode of payment allows us create an online account for you with your full information which your total fund will be loaded into and furnish you with the online access to you to enable you Transact / Transfer out your fund from the Offshore Online Account down to your Local/Personal Account or Business Account from your home or office computer online immediately we provide to you the Offshore Online Account details to commence your Online Transactions.

This arrangement was constituted by the World Bank Group in conjunction with United States Department of Treasury due to fraudulent activities going on around the world. The World Bank Group introduced this payment arrangement as to enable all beneficiaries receive their funds without any interference, so you are mandated to include the following details below for verification alongside your preferred option of receiving your fund so we can proceed with your payment immediately.

(1)Your Full Name:
(2)Your Current Home Address:
(3)Occupation:
(4)Your Personal Numbers:
(5)Age and Sex:
(6)Scan copy of your valid ID card.

Thanks for banking with us, we are committed to excellence.

YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED IN THIS ASPECT.

Yours Truly,

Mr. Shaolin Yang
Managing Director In-Charge
World Bank Group USA
Tel: +1 (202) 858 - 5853

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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0101 202-858-5853 (202) 858-5853 202-858-5853