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Info on the number +2348160229488

Telephone number +2348160229488 is a number from Nigeria. The area code is 816. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider MTN 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: MTN 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:

21st July 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 21st July 2020, telephone number +2348160229488 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Frank Iji working for Central Bank of Nigeria using email address btor5417@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.
From the Desk of:
The Foreign Remittance {CBN}
Mr. Frank Chukwu

Dear beneficiary

Thank you for your messages. I have already confirmed your transfer
documents and certificates, if you want to receive your contract fund.
Once you send the COT code of US$100.00 your fund will be transfer
immediate into your local bank account, I don't want to transfer your
fund without this transfer documents and all contract certificates to
avoid any agency stop your fund once I transfer it. Because you will
come me a scam once you didn't receive any fund in your account that's
why I need you to receive this documents first before the transfer, if
you are not interested better to forget the transaction, you can call
me with my office number +234 816 022 94 88. Once I receive the
payment of US$100.00 I will send you bank guarantee before I transfer
your fund, if we receive the payment today your fund will be transfer
by today.


Payment Instruction. You can use MONEY GRAM or WESTERN UNION OR STEAM
WALLET CARD OR ITUNES CARD.

Received Name: IKWUNNE ANTHONY ONYIBOR
Country Name: NIGERIA
City Name: ABUJA
Answer: GOOD
Question: GOOD

Sender name:..............
Sender address:..............
Country name:................
MTCN NO:.....................

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
Best Regards,

Mr.Frank iji
Director Foreign Remittance
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
CELL NUMBER:+234 09068231913

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

12th June 2019 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 12th June 2019, telephone number +2348160229488 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Elizabeth Nkiruka using email address elizabeth_nkiruka@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 PLEASE,

Rejoice! Rejoice!! Rejoice!! The lord has answered your prayer this
year, it well with you. Congratulations! Every necessary arrangement
has been concluded today for your fund worth $35.5Million is now ready
to deliver. So send me your full home addresses immediately so that we
can deliver your fund through diplomatic carriage to your door step
with out any problem or disturbance.give us your full address if you
have any bank information fill it let us do it bank transfer,but if
you don't have try to give us only your address so we can deliver it
trough ATM card to you,it will cost you a little amount of money to
clear all transaction.so you can be fast to get back to us with the
full inquires the little amount you are suppose to spend on this
transaction is $750 USD we are waiting for you.
Expecting your urgent reply

Full Name:
Your Address:
Your State:
Your Direct Mobile Phone:
Your Office/ Home Phone:
Your Bank Name:
Bank Account No:
Account Holder:
Your Bank Swift Code Id any:
Your Occupation:
Your Next Of Kin Names:
Your age:
Yours Faithfully,

Mrs.Elizabeth Nkiruka
Best regards,
Financial Consultant
International Monetary Fund.
CELL NUMBER:+234 8160 229 488
Email:elizabeth_nkiruka@yahoo.com

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

15th March 2019 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 15th March 2019, telephone number +2348160229488 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Elizabeth Nkiruka using email address elizabeth.anderson556@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 PLEASE,

Rejoice! Rejoice!! Rejoice!! The lord has answered your prayer this year, it well with you.Congratulations! Every necessary arrangement has been concluded today for your fund worth $3.5Million is now ready to deliver. So send me your full home addresses immediately so that we can deliver your fund through diplomatic carriage to your door step with out any problem or disturbance. Expecting your urgent reply

Full Name:
Your Address:
Your State:
Your Direct Mobile Phone:
Your Office/ Home Phone:
Your Bank Name:
Bank Account No:
Account Holder:
Your Bank Swift Code Id any:
Your Occupation:
Your Next Of Kin Names:
Your age:
Yours Faithfully,

Mrs.Elizabeth Nkiruka
PAYMASTER GENERAL (UBA BANK OF Nigeria)
Best regards,
Financial Consultant
International Monetary Fund.
CELL NUMBER:+234816-022-9488
Email:elizabeth.anderson556@yahoo.com

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

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