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Info on the number +27117203714

Telephone number +27117203714 is a number from South Africa. The area code is 11, which covers the City/Town/Area of Witwatersrand region around Johannesburg. The number is designated as being used for Land Line telephones.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Land Line 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: 27
Country Name: South Africa
Area Name: Witwatersrand region around Johannesburg (11)
Type: Land Line
Validity: The number is the correct length for a South African phone number.

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

27th October 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 27th October 2020, telephone number +27117203714 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Marlene Dawn Toy using email address africaunion.au@mailbox.co.za 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.
African Union (AU) has approved the sum $ 960,000.00 US Dollars as a Global Empowerment Fund. Congratulations you are lucky to be among the 75 people that was randomly selected in the Year 2020, African Union (AU) has given order to the Bank authorities to issue Bank to Bank Wire transfer to your Bank Account.

You are advised to contact Mrs. Marlene Dawn Toy on this Email Address: africaunion.au@mailbox.co.za with your details to direct you on how to receive your Fund through Bank to Bank transfer.

Regard's
Mrs. Marlene Dawn Toy
Public Affairs
Tel: +27 (0) 81 067 8977
FAX No: +27 (0) 86 763 3038
Direct Office Line: +27 (0) 11 720 3714

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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01027117203714 27 11 720 3714 27 (11) 720 3714 +27 11 720 3714 +27 (11) 720 3714
0027 11 720 3714 0027 (11) 720 3714 01127 11 720 3714 01127 (11) 720 3714 001127 11 720 3714
001127 (11) 720 3714 01027 11 720 3714 01027 (11) 720 3714