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Telephone number +27780317609 is a number from South Africa. The area code is 78. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider MTN.

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: 27
Country Name: South Africa
Type: Mobile
Original Provider: MTN
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:

11th April 2021 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 11th April 2021, telephone number +27780317609 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Lana Marks using email address lunamarks27@aol.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.
Ambassador of the United States to South Africa
877 Pretorius St, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0083, South Africa
Telephone: +27 78 031 7609
Private Email: lunamarks27@aol.com

Dear Beneficiary,

I shall be coming to your country for an official meeting on Tuesday
13th, April 2021 and i shall be bringing your Consignment Trunk Box
containing $10.5m along with me but this time i will not go through
Custom because as an Ambassador to FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, I
am a US GOVERNMENT AGENT and i have the veto power to go through
Custom. As soon as i am through with my meeting i shall then proceed
to your registered house address with your Consignment Trunk Box.

Without missing words, I am convinced 100% that you have had bitter
experience with various scam claiming to be high government officials
and thereby defrauding you of your 'hard-earned money'. The activities
of these scam has changed your perspective about conducting business
on the internet, and you now believed there is no genuine business
that can be conducted on the internet. Well, I am an American and the
internet was created by Americans for the purpose of creating
awareness for your products/services and conducting genuine business
with ease. I am fully committed to deliver the "Consignment Trunk Box"
to you at your door step within 48hours as programmed.

I am a full citizen of the United States, but I was on a Foreign
Mission here in South Africa as a US Ambassador. Hence, I am making
every effort to ensure that no citizen of the United States and other
part of the world is cheated. Therefore, I need your utmost support
and understanding to actualize this dream. I also want you to
understand that I do trust you and I expect you to show me the same
trust and respect in return since trust is a 2-way street. On the
other hand, trust is a relationship of reliance. Trust also means
being able to predict what other people will do and what
situations will occur.

Trust is both an emotional and logical act. Emotionally, it is where
you expose your vulnerabilities to people, but believing they will not
take advantage of your openness. Logically, it is where you have
assessed the probabilities of gain and loss, calculating expected
utility based on hard performance data, and concluded that the person
in question will behave in a predictable manner. In practice, trust is
a bit of both. I trust you because I have experienced your
trustworthiness by merely believing in what I have said, even when you
have not seen me, and because I have faith in human nature.

Frankly speaking, I understand that anyone in your shoes will feel
betrayed, but I still want you to show me your trust by giving me the
benefit of doubt on this delivery arrangement. My identity and
personality is verifiable, and I promise to deliver the consignment to
you safely without any hitch. Your Consignment Trunk Box ($10.5m) MUST
BE REGISTERED AS AN AMBASSADORIAL PACKAGE as planned. Do not allow
this mission to die off because of registration fees $420 US Dollars
for the registration fee of your Consignment Box, I meant so well for
you and I believe you will appreciate me more when you have finally
received your payment of $10.5m US Dollars upon my arrival with the
package in your country.

I will use my position and personality to deposit the Consignment Box
worth $10.5m USD into your bank account without questioning from the
financial monitoring authorities, since all documentations proving the
legitimacy of the funds has been processed. Please don't see me as one
of the numerous dubious Benin Republic or Nigeria you have dealt with
in the past. I am a different person entirely and I come from a
different continent. I have the American spirit in me and I hate
cheaters. I promise to always uphold the national unity of the United
State. Please reply back ASAP and let me know your possibility of
sending the $420 US Dollars today.

Note: My Flight is Tuesday 13th, April 2021 and i expect you to comply
before time then so that the delivery will be completed. If you do not
comply, then it will not be my fault if you do not receive your
Package.

I hope you will understand and follow my instruction to enable me
serve you better.

Signed

Ambassador Lana Marks

US AMBASSADOR TO REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Private Email: lunamarks27@aol.com
Telephone: +27 78 031 7609

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