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Info on the number +17475006142

Telephone Number +17475006142 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 747, Exchange Code 500 in California (CA), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Landline telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of San Fernando, Los Angeles County. The number was originally operated by the provider Onvoy, LLC - CA.

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: California (CA) (747)
Exchange Name : San Fernando, Los Angeles County (500)
Type: Landline
Original Provider: Onvoy, LLC - CA
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:

8th August 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 8th August 2018, telephone number +17475006142 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Mathew Johnson using email address ubabankplcheadoffice336@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.
ATTN DEAR BENEFICIARY,

I AM MR.MATHEW JOHNSON, DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT,UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
[UBA] THE ONLY BANK APPOINTED BY THE A.U MEMBERS LED BY PRESIDENT IDRISS
ITNO.

BECAUSE OF THE FRAUD GOING ON IN WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES WHERE SOME
INNOCENT BENEFICIARIES WERE ASK TO PAY IN ADVANCE BEFORE RECEIVING THE
MONEY OWED TO THEM. THE ABOVE AFRICA UNION HELD MEETING IN BENIN
REPUBLIC AND RESOLVE TO PAY ALL BENEFICIARIES IN CASH THROUGH MEANS OF
DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE.WE RECEIVE YOUR FILES PAYMENT FROM
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(I.M.F) AS ONE OF THE BENEFICIARIES.

TAKE NOTE; TEN THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$10,000) HAVE BEEN
MAPPED OUT FOR ALL EXPENSES IN SENDING THE MONEY TO YOU THROUGH
GENUINE DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE AND HOW IT WAS SPENT WILL BE
DETAILS TO YOU. THEREFORE, I WANT YOU TO BEAR IT IN MIND THAT YOUR
TOTAL FUND WILL BE NO MORE THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATE DOLLARS ($3,500,000.00) BUT THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND
NINETY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($3,490,000.00)IF ANY BODY TELLS
YOU THAT HE IS PAYING YOU IN BANK DRAFT OR TELE-GRAPHIC MONEY TRANSFER
BOTH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM, DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM OR HER BECAUSE
DUE TO THIS FRAUD NO INTERNATIONAL BANK IS PERMITTED TO PAY YOU ANY
MORE. THAT IS WHY WE SETTLED TO PAY YOU IN CASH THROUGH COURIER.

WE ALSO RECEIVED A SECURITY REPORT THAT YOU PAID THE FRAUDSTERS WHO
HAVE BEEN DECEIVING YOU, TELLING YOU THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SEND THIS
MONEY TO YOU. DEAR, AS A SENIOR BANKER, CONTROLLING THIS CASH PAYMENT
NOW, I ADVISE YOU NOT TO WASTE YOUR MONEY BY PAYING ANY BODY IN
ADVANCE AGAIN, AND IF YOU JUST FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTION, YOU WILL RECEIVE
YOUR MONEY IN THREE DAYS TIME.YOUR FUND WILL NOW PACKAGE IN BOX AND
TAKE TO THE DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT, I WILL
ALSO SEND THE PICTURE OF THE BOX BY ATTACHMENT TO YOU TO SEE HOW THE
MONEY IS PACKED, I WILL SEND YOU MORE MAILS TO GIVE YOU MORE
INFORMATION WITH MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE GENUINE
OF THIS TRANSACTION.

THEREFORE, DO FORWARD YOUR HOME ADDRESS AND DIRECT PHONE NUMBER TO ME
FOR QUICK DELIVERY BECAUSE TIME IS NOT IN OUR SIDE.ALL THE DOCUMENTS
WILL BE SENT TO YOU IF I AM ASSURED THAT YOU HAVE STOPPED SENDING
MONEY TO THOSE FRAUDSTERS. BUT GOD WILL SURELY JUDGE ALL OF THEM WHO
LIVES BY CHEATING. MY BIBLE SAYS WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN IF YOU GAIN
THE WHOLE WORLD BUT LOOSE YOUR SOUL, WHICH IS NOTHING.

I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION OF YOURS ,KINDLEY REPLY ME WITH BELOW NUMBER.

Phone number: (747) 500-6142
MR.MATHEW JOHNSON.
DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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01017475006142 1 (747) 500-6142 1-747-500-6142 1 747 500 6142 1-747-500-6142
1 747-500-6142 +1 (747) 500-6142 +1-747-500-6142 +1 747 500 6142 + 1-747-500-6142
+1 747-500-6142 001 (747) 500-6142 001-747-500-6142 001 747 500 6142 00 1-747-500-6142
001 747-500-6142 0111 (747) 500-6142 0111-747-500-6142 0111 747 500 6142 011 1-747-500-6142
0111 747-500-6142 00111 (747) 500-6142 00111-747-500-6142 00111 747 500 6142 0011 1-747-500-6142
00111 747-500-6142 0101 (747) 500-6142 0101-747-500-6142 0101 747 500 6142 010 1-747-500-6142
0101 747-500-6142 (747) 500-6142 747-500-6142