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Info on the number +13122480997

Telephone Number +13122480997 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 312, Exchange Code 248 in Illinois (IL), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Wireless telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Chicago, Cook County. The number was originally operated by the provider Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - IL.

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: Illinois (IL) (312)
Exchange Name : Chicago, Cook County (248)
Type: Wireless
Original Provider: Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - IL
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:

12th February 2019 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 12th February 2019, telephone number +13122480997 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Christopher Brown using email address mr.christopherbrown1@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.
GRANT PAYMENT CENTER
(GPC) U.S.A

Attn:


It has been brought to our notice that you have not been paid your long overdue grant payment by the UN. This is due to some corrupt hoodlums, and some corrupt government officials who try to divert your money into their own private account. We have arranged your payment through International ATM Card Payment Center,this is part of an instruction passed by the United Nations in respect to all over delayed payment.

The Payment Center department will send your ATM Card valued sum of ($8.5 Million United States Dollars). which you are to use in accessing your fund in any ATM MACHINE located any where in the world, and the maximum withdrawal daily limit is US$5000.00. but it will take years but the best option is as soon as you receive it, you can use it to make a transfer into your own private account. So kindly contact the Payment Center with the below information, Most importantly you are advised to send your full data to him, which includes:

Contact Name: Mr. Christopher Brown
Email: mr.christopherbrown1@yahoo.com
Tel:1-312-248-0997

Full Name:
Current Residential Address.......
Direct Phone Number.......
Country........

All have to do now is contact Mr. Christopher Brown so that he will send you with the two delivery options to enable you choose from the options you prefer and the one you can afford. Note if you are not ready to comply with the obvious delivery fee out of the two delivery options Mr. Christopher Brown will send you do not contact him.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards,

DR BELL LORRIS
GRANT PAYMENT CENTER
(GPC) GLOBAL BANK

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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01013122480997 1 (312) 248-0997 1-312-248-0997 1 312 248 0997 1-312-248-0997
1 312-248-0997 +1 (312) 248-0997 +1-312-248-0997 +1 312 248 0997 + 1-312-248-0997
+1 312-248-0997 001 (312) 248-0997 001-312-248-0997 001 312 248 0997 00 1-312-248-0997
001 312-248-0997 0111 (312) 248-0997 0111-312-248-0997 0111 312 248 0997 011 1-312-248-0997
0111 312-248-0997 00111 (312) 248-0997 00111-312-248-0997 00111 312 248 0997 0011 1-312-248-0997
00111 312-248-0997 0101 (312) 248-0997 0101-312-248-0997 0101 312 248 0997 010 1-312-248-0997
0101 312-248-0997 (312) 248-0997 312-248-0997