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Telephone Number +12402898034 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 240, Exchange Code 289 in Maryland (MD), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Landline telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Oxon Hill, Prince George's County. The number was originally operated by the provider Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC - MD.

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: Maryland (MD) (240)
Exchange Name : Oxon Hill, Prince George's County (289)
Type: Landline
Original Provider: Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC - MD
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:

9th August 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 9th August 2020, telephone number +12402898034 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Ahmed Green using email address officedepartmnet@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.
Attention: Dear Customer.

From Money Gram Office

Sequel to the meeting held today with Federal Bureau of Investigation,
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all the scam
victims and your name and email address was found in the scam victims
list. This Money gram office has been mandated by the IMF to transfer
your compensation to you via Money gram Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to effect your own payment Money gram Union
Money Transfer,$6000.00 daily until the total sum of $2,500.00 is
completely transferred to you.The transfer of your funds has commenced
today with your first payment of $6000.00 already sent as ordered by
the Federal Ministry for Finance. What is required from you is $49 for
activation fee of your Money Gram Transfer code of all your transfers
and this payment must be made to this office before the transfer
information will be released for you to pick up your first payment.

You are required to pay for activation fee of $50 before you pick up
your first payment sent to you. Hurry up send the required fee
immediately and get back to us to pick up your first transfer $20,000
given to you.Please you are advised to move to the Money Gram Transfer
and effect payment for the activation fee of your MTCN immediately and
start receiving your funds without delay. For security reasons, you
are advised not to expose this or the total amount of money you are
receiving to people as you are only advised to move to any Money Gram
Transfer in your area and make the needed payment or you can also send
it through Western/Union or Ria Transfer to the information provided
below and you shall receive the transfer information to pick your
first payment within 3 hours today.

We shall be provided with necessary documents covering your funds with
your transfer information as soon as your activation fee is paid over
here as we are not allowed to release vital documents without
receiving your fee and commencing the transfer. The $50.00 activation
fee covers all the transfer of your full funds and you shall start
receiving your funds from this office as soon as the payment is
confirmed from you today.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)also mandated that on no account
shall any form of money be deducted from your total funds as it has to
be receive in exact amount as it is recorded to avoid mistakes so you
will be receiving $6000.00 daily until it completes the total amount
of two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($2.5
Million) as we have in our file here In addition, this is to let you
know that $6000.00 has been sent already as your first payment and the
transfer information is kept on hold by this office and shall be
released as soon as we hear from you.

Please I will like you to give me a call or text on this number +1
(240) 289-8034 as soon as you send the $50.00 to avoid delays on this
transaction as we have no excess time and as you know that your funds
has lasted for a very long time than given, to avoid transferring your
funds into government account due to failure to comply. Hope you
understand my point? So your urgent response is highly needed and You
will go to Walmart Store or any store near to you and purchase any of
the listed cards in denominations of $50, scratch it in the marked
black space indicated and take a picture showing the code revealed in
the scratched space of the front and back of each and send to me
immediately.

The cards are:

1. Google play gift card
2.Vanilla gift card
3.OffGamers gift card
4.iTunes gift card
5.Sephora gift card
6.Amex gift card
7.A steam wallet gift card.

Buy one denomination of $50.00 scratch, and snap the revealed code and
front of each and send.

The moment we receive the payment of $50.00 your first Payment
information's of $6000.00 will be credited for easily pick up by you
but for now it is on hold until we receive your payment, Note that
your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we
did not hear from you, this was the instruction given to us by the
IMF.

Thanks,
MR. AHMED GREEN
Director Moneygram Money Transfer,
Head Office Benin Republic.
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE

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