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Info on the number +2348126847249

Telephone number +2348126847249 is a number from Nigeria. The area code is 812. 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:

17th May 2023 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 17th May 2023, telephone number +2348126847249 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Chris Obi using email address chrisobi928@aol.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.
GPO BUILDING, MARINA ST,
LAGOS ISLAND , LAGOS
NIGERIA
Email..chrisobi928@aol.com

Tel..(+2348126847249)

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY;

THIS IS POST OFFICE DELIVERY COMPANY OF NIGERIA, WE WISH TO INFORM
YOU THAT WE RECEIVED A PARCEL CONTAINING AN ATM MASTER CARD VALUED
$10.5 MILLION USD WITH SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS ATTACHED ON IT FOR SAFETY
DELIVERY TO YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I AM DIRECTED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT VERIFICATION AND
CONFIRMATIONS IS OK AND YOUR ATM CARD NUMBERS IS:4848422551596784,
THIS PARCEL WAS BROUGHT TO US THIS MORNING BY UNITED BANK OF AFRICA
(UBA) AS INSTRUCTED BY UNITED NATION AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS
(IMF) .
PLEASE RECONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION, TO AVOID DELIVERY YOUR MASTER
CARD TO A WRONG HAND OR ADDRESS.

FULL NAMES......
PARCEL OWNER ADDRESS....
TEL/MOBILE......
A COPY IDENTITY CARD.............

WE WILL REGISTER YOUR PACKAGE AND SEND YOU THE TRACKING NUMBERS BEFORE
WE PROCEED FOR SAFETY DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE AS SOON AS YOU
RECONFIRM THE REQUIRED INFORMATION'S FOR SAFETY DELIVERY.

POST OFFICE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SUCCESS STORIES, THE START UP
THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE DELIVERY OF PACKAGES AND INFORMATION. IN THE
PAST 30 YEARS, WE HAVE GROWN UP AND GROWN INTO A DIVERSE FAMILY OF
POST OFFICE THAT'S BIGGER, STRONGER, BETTER THAN EVER.

YOURS AFFECTIONATELY
MR CHRIS OBI
Executive Chairman

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

*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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010234-812-684-7249 010234-81-26847249 (+234) 8126-847249