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Info on the number +22540876475

Telephone number +22540876475 is a number from Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The area code is 40. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider Atlantic Telecom - Côte d'Ivoire.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Mobile 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: 225
Country Name: Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Type: Mobile
Original Provider: Atlantic Telecom - Côte d'Ivoire
Validity: The number is the correct length for an Ivory Coast phone number.

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This number is recorded in our database for the following scams:

6th August 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 6th August 2020, telephone number +22540876475 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be George Eric Yao working for Blue Sea Bank using email address info@bsbcii.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.
Dear friend.

This is to inform you that the Eco Bank management has moved our inheritance fund to their offshore bank due to your failure and delay to comply with instructions and regulations of the Bank Board of Director. I advise you to go ahead and contact the offshore bank so that they will transfer the funds directly into your bank account in your country okay.

Below is the contact of the offshore investment bank.

Bank Name: Blue Sea Bank:
Contact Person: Mr. George Eric Yao
Director Fund Release Order Dept.
Tell/Fax: +22540877260, +22540876475
Email: info@bsbcii.com
Website: www.bsbcii.com

Contact the Blue Sea Bank immediately through their web address and tell them to transfer the funds direct into your bank account in your country.

Inform me as soon as you contact the Bank.

Thank you.

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*NOTE* Phone numbers can be regularly re-assigned if the person using them stops paying the bill. This number was included in scammer emails or websites on the dates shown above, but may have since been reassigned. If you have evidence of more recent scam activity using the number, please use the contact page to let us know or post the details in our forum. You can also add brief comments in the comments section below.

This number could also be written in the following formats

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00225 40876 475 00225 40 876475 011225 40876 475 011225 40 876475 0011225 40876 475
0011225 40 876475 010225 40876 475 010225 40 876475