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Info on the number +2348178287127

Telephone number +2348178287127 is a number from Nigeria. The area code is 817. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider Etisalat 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: Etisalat 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:

7th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 7th February 2018, telephone number +2348178287127 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Philip Oduoza using email address ubagroup2023@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.
ATTN: SIR

THIS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION WITH YOUR PAYMENT FILE FROM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY TO TRANSFER YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT US$32,500,000.00 TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN BY TOMORROW AS SOON AS ALL CHARGES IS DEDUCTED.

PLEASE RE-CONFIRM YOUR BANK INFORMATION TO AVOID ANY MISTAKE DURING THE TRANSFER BY TOMORROW. WE ARE GOING TO TRANSFER YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF US$32,500,000.00 TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT BY TOMORROW AND THE TRANSFER CONFIRMATION SLIPS WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR YOUR EASY CONFIRMATION.

AS A MATTER OF URGENCY YOU ARE ADVISED TO MAKE A PAYMENT OF US$38.00 BEEN PAYMENT OF DEDUCTION FEE.

THE DEDUCTION FEE OF US$38.00 WILL ENABLE THIS BANK TO OBTAIN AN AFFIDAVIT AND STAMP DUTIES FROM HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA, WHICH WILL EMPOWER US TO DEDUCT ALL CHARGES AND PREPARE YOUR DEDUCTION CERTIFICATE THAT WILL SHOW THAT ALL CHARGES HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED AND YOU WILL NOT PAY ANY OTHER FEE.

YOU ADVISED TO SEND THE DEDUCTION FEE OF US$38.00 TODAY THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM WITH THE NAME OF THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, FRIDAY OKOYE , LAGOS NIGERIA, QUESTION IS: BLACK, ANSWER IS: BLUE

AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS PAYMENT FROM YOU TODAY, WE WILL DEDUCT ALL CHARGES AND YOUR BALANCE WILL BE REMITTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY TOMORROW MORNING AND THE TRANSFER DETAILS WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU FOR YOUR EASY CONFIRMATION WITH YOUR BANK.

HERE IS THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION

RECEIVER NAME: FRIDAY OKOYE .
ADDRESS: LAGOS NIGERIA
QUESTION: BLACK
ANSWER: BLUE
SENDERS NAME:
SENDERS ADDRESS:
AMOUNT: US$38.00

ACT ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS, I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS E-MAIL TEL: +2348178287127.

REGARDS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

YOURS FAITHFULLY

DR. PHILIP ODUOZA
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA)

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

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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010234-817-828-7127 010234-81-78287127 (+234) 8178-287127