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Info on the number +2348178328545

Telephone number +2348178328545 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:

3rd November 2023 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 3rd November 2023, telephone number +2348178328545 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Michael Maxwell using email address mykemax@live.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: The CEO

Greetings

My name is Michael Maxwell
I work with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) Nigeria.

I have come to know that you are into medical business in Guyana and I
have a business offer for you.

Can you help me receive about Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars ($4.8m) only?

This money will be remitted to you as payment for Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) and Face Mask you supplied to our ministry in 2020 but
which payment was delayed till now because of the COVID-19 lock-down.

It does not matter whether you are in the export of Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) and Face Mask or not but as you are into
medical equipment business it is very much OK.

This money will be remitted to you by direct wire transfer to your
account by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the government bank that handles
overseas payment for all federal government ministries and agencies
here.

If my offer is accepted by you, all I will need is:

1 Your company full name and address
2 Your company's bank account details, that is the bank name and
address, account name and number and the Swift Code.

You can receive this money as an individual supplier and in such a
situation I will need the following information:

1 Your full name and address
2 Your bank account details, that is the bank name and address,
account name and number and the Swift Code

When you receive this money, we will share it in the ratio of 50:50.
That is 50% for you and 50% for me.

If my offer is accepted by you, please do reply me to: mykemax@live.com

Rgds,
Dr. Michael Maxwell
Abuja, Nigeria
Tel: 234-817-832-8545
Email: mykemax@live.com

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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010234-817-832-8545 010234-81-78328545 (+234) 8178-328545