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Info on the number +12173976680

Telephone Number +12173976680 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 217, Exchange Code 397 in Illinois (IL), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Landline telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Rankin, Vermilion County.

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: Illinois (IL) (217)
Exchange Name : Rankin, Vermilion County (397)
Type: Landline
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:

5th June 2019 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 5th June 2019, telephone number +12173976680 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Shyniece Mixon using email address imfofficeagent1@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.
Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you that we have
completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was issued to you by
International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly developed technology
(International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that your e-mail address was
automatically selected by an Online Balloting System,this has legally won you the
sum of $2.5million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America.
During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online
Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.

Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK
DRAFT by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf
that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the world winded, so as to
enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount
of $2.5million USD has been deposited with IMF.
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk
free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with IMF you will be
required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of
this transaction whom is located in South Africa According to our discoveries, you
were required to pay for the following,

(1) Deposit Fee's ( IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE )
(2) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your
home address)

The total amount for everything is $150.00 USD We have tried our possible best to
indicate that this $150.00 USD should be deducted from your winning prize but we
found out that the funds have already been deposited to IMF and cannot be accessed
by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the
required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent
in-charge ( Mrs.Shyniece Mixon ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate
contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mrs.Shyniece Mixon
PHONE NUMBER: +1 -217-397-6680
Email: imfofficeagent1@gmail.com

You will be required to e-mail her with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
ID:

You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how to
send the required $150.00 USD in order to immediately ship your prize of $2.5million
USD via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include the following
transaction code in order for her to identify this transaction :EAX2948-191.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is
authorizing you to pay the required $150.00 USD ONLY to Mrs.Shyniece Mixon via
information in which he shall send to you,

Best Regards,
Christopher A. Wray,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director Office of Public
Affairs, F B I.

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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