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Info on the number +23418850178

Telephone number +23418850178 is a number from Nigeria. The area code is 1, which covers the City/Town/Area of Lagos. The number is designated as being used for Land line telephones.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Land line 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: 234
Country Name: Nigeria
Area Name: Lagos (1)
Type: Land line
Validity: The number is the correct length for a land line phone number in Lagos.

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

14th November 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 14th November 2018, telephone number +23418850178 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Starr lambert working as Chief Accountant for Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation using email address drlambert.77@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.
FROM THE DESK OF DR.STARR LAMBERT,CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OF THE
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
HEAD OFFICE NO:16 NNPC HOUSE VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA
TELE/FAX: 234-70-89982087, 234-1-8850178
E-mail: drlambert.77@yahoo.com

Dear Sir

I apologize if the contents here under are contrary to your moral
ethics. But please treat with absolute confidentiality. My name is DR.
STARR LAMBERT. I work with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) as the Director of Finance.

There is a potential transaction worth US$23.8Million Dollars for our
actualization, which I would like us to handle together. Secondly, I
hope to relocate and acquire a single family home for my family with a
view to establishing in your country and I would need your assistance
and co-operation in this endeavor. Let me know if I can trust you with
this and more information will be sent to you as quickly as possible.
Please reply through this E-mail Address: drlambert.77@yahoo.com

I will look forward to your prompt response.

Respectfully,
DR. STARR LAMBERT.

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This number could also be written in the following formats

23418850178 +23418850178 0023418850178 01123418850178 001123418850178
01023418850178 234-1-8850178 +234-1-8850178 00234-1-8850178 011234-1-8850178
0011234-1-8850178 010234-1-8850178