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Info on the number +27627832117

Telephone number +27627832117 is a number from South Africa.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a 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
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:

25th July 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 25th July 2018, telephone number +27627832117 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Riaan Louw working for Riaan Louw & Associates using email address louwriaan@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.
RE: REMITTANCE OF YOUR FUND – USD20.5MILLION

We write in respect of the above and hereby state that we have been saddled with the responsibility/instruction to ensure the remittance of the above named fund or part thereof to the proper beneficiary (ies). The essence of this commission became necessary in view of the fact that a lot of funds due to foreign beneficiaries are holed up in our local banks unlawfully due to the banks greed and desire for more and more profits. This has negatively affected the influx of foreign investors into South Africa, hence our instruction to remedy this.

The above fund was identified as one the funds that has suffered the aforesaid unjust detention/retention in our local bank and we have been in court litigating for the release of the fund to your goodself.

We are happy to inform you that we have concluded our Final Address/Argument in court on this matter and the court is scheduled to give judgement and make its Order on Monday, the 30th of July 2018. In line with the precedent in place in our courts, coupled with the force of our closing argument, it is expected that the Judgement will be in our favor, thereby paving the way for the remittance of the said amount or part thereof to your nominated account which we have as:

Finally, it shall be appreciated if you CONFIRM the bank information above as we need to submit it to the bank as soon as we obtain the judgement.

Yours faithfully,
R. Louw
Principal/Head of Chambers

Riaan Louw & Associates
Legal Practitioners & Financial Consultants
Direct Line: +27-62-783-2117

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This number could also be written in the following formats

27627832117 +27627832117 0027627832117 01127627832117 001127627832117
01027627832117 27 62 783 2117 27 (62) 783 2117 +27 62 783 2117 +27 (62) 783 2117
0027 62 783 2117 0027 (62) 783 2117 01127 62 783 2117 01127 (62) 783 2117 001127 62 783 2117
001127 (62) 783 2117 01027 62 783 2117 01027 (62) 783 2117