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Telephone Number +19177819171 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 917, Exchange Code 781 in New York (NY), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Wireless telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of New York, New York County. The number was originally operated by the provider Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless - NY.

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: New York (NY) (917)
Exchange Name : New York, New York County (781)
Type: Wireless
Original Provider: Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless - NY
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:

22nd January 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 22nd January 2020, telephone number +19177819171 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Benson Lucas using email address atmoffice11142@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 Beneficiary

The International Monetary Fund IMF and the World Bank are compensating all the scam victims $4.6Million United State Dollar, and your email address was found in the scam victim's list.This ATM card department office has been mandated by the IMF and the World Bank to transfer your compensation funds to you through an ATM CREDIT CARD to avoid any online fraud.

We hereby advice that you stop any further communication with any
other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving of your
payment.

In-order to stop the internet fraudulent activities going on
internet today, the following agencies (ICPO-Interpol,
Euro-pol,FBI,Anti-Money Launder, Secret Service,EFCC, Australia
Westpac Banking Corporation has taking a measures to see that Fraud
activities going on in the internet in Africa including
fraudulent acts in the world Today are stopped and there is progress.

So we need your information where we will be sending the ATM CARD,such as:

Receiver full name:------
Address:--------
Country:-------
Phone number:-------

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your payment files will be returned to the IMF within one week if we did not hear from you, this was the instruction given to us by the IMF.

Mr.Benson Lucas
Director ATM card Department
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA GLOBAL Plc (NEW YORK,USA).
Direct mail: atmoffice11142@gmail.com
Phone: +1 (917)781-9171

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

5th February 2019 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 5th February 2019, telephone number +19177819171 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Benson Lucas using email address atmoffice11142@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.
Attention Beneficiary,

This is to enlighten you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive demand of money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies, Diplomatic agents and fraudulent barristers after which your fund/payment remain unpaid to you.

I am Mr.Franklin Hendrik a highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C. were I have been assigned to take responsibility of your funds remittance to you with out further delay. It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy 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 these nightmares, which is the reason I was appointed to investigate and handle your transaction.

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 quit and back up from your transaction and YOU have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore,
You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions with respect to your transaction/funds remittance as your fund will be transferred to you directly from our approved bank source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this instruction is at your own risk.

We have release your funds $4.5m USD to the united bank for Africa global plc to pay you through ATM card to avoid any online fraud so kindly contact the below information with this code number: IMF/BEN/000-571 together with your delivery information such as:
Name,Address,Country,Phone no,Email address,Id card

Name: Mr. Benson Lucas
Director ATM card department
Bank: United bank for Africa global plc
Address: 1 Rockefeller Plaza Fl 8, New York, NY 10020
Email address :( atmoffice11142@yahoo.com)
Tell NO: +1(917)781-9171

Please if you receive you funds don't fail to contact and inform me on (imfheadoffice1@yahoo.com), THANK YOU

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Mr.Franklin Hendrik
(Director Treasury Department)
International Monetary Fund
Washington D.C.

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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0101 917-781-9171 (917) 781-9171 917-781-9171