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Info on the number +2347010713978

Telephone number +2347010713978 is a number from Nigeria. The area code is 701. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider Airtel Nigeria.

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: 234
Country Name: Nigeria
Type: Mobile
Original Provider: Airtel Nigeria
Validity: The number is the correct length for a Nigerian mobile phone number.

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

13th November 2022 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 13th November 2022, telephone number +2347010713978 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Williams Ekeh working for United Bank for Africa PLC using email address info.williamsekeh@ubagroup-nig.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.
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
Plot 407 Jerry Gana, Victoria Island, Lagos - Nigeria.
Dr. Williams Ekeh, (Director ATM Head of Operation)
TEL: (+234) 701- 0713-978

Attn: Fund Beneficiary,
Greetings

This is the 2nd time I am sending you this notification letter regarding your abandoned ATM Master Card valued sum of US$10.5 Million and I have not received any positive response from you or making a suggestion on how you wish to receive your ATM Card. Once again;

I am Dr. Williams Ekeh, the new director ATM Head of Operation United Bank For Africa PLC, I resumed this office on the 11th of August 2022 and during my official research I discovered an abandoned ATM Master card valued sum of $10.5 Million belonging to you as the rightfully intimate beneficiary.

I tried to know why this card has not been released to you but I was told by the UBA Management that the former director ATM head of operation who left this office three months ago withheld your card for his own personal use without knowing that his evil plans towards diverting your funds will be discovered.

Now that your ATM Master card is still available and ready for your receiving, therefore you can come down here to our bank to pick up your card direct from my office or alternatively it can be arranged ship to your address through any registered reliable courier service company that you will take care of the courier charge, hope it is cleared and accepted by you?

I don't know the courier cost of shipping the card to you but if you permit me and accept the terms, then I can make an inquiry from the courier shipping company to find out the cost, but in that case you will be required to forward to me your address where you want to receive the card to enable me find out the shipping cost to your location.

Your direct telephone number and address will be needed and more details of your ATM card payment will be made known to you as soon as I receive your swift positive response.

Thanks for your co-operation and I wait for your kind positive response.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. Williams Ekeh,
Director ATM Head of Operation
TEL: (+234) 701- 0713-978

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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234-701-071-3978 234-70-10713978 +234 701 071 3978 +234 7010713978 +234-7010713978
+234-701-0713-978 +234-701-071-3978 +234-70-10713978 00234 701 071 3978 00234 7010713978
00234-7010713978 00234-701-0713-978 00234-701-071-3978 00234-70-10713978 011234 701 071 3978
011234 7010713978 011234-7010713978 011234-701-0713-978 011234-701-071-3978 011234-70-10713978
0011234 701 071 3978 0011234 7010713978 0011234-7010713978 0011234-701-0713-978 0011234-701-071-3978
0011234-70-10713978 010234 701 071 3978 010234 7010713978 010234-7010713978 010234-701-0713-978
010234-701-071-3978 010234-70-10713978 (+234) 7010-713978