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Info on the number +27781871316

Telephone number +27781871316 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:

18th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 18th February 2018, telephone number +27781871316 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Ken Maxwell using email address kenmaxchambers3@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.
Hello,

This may sound strange to you, but I am only trying to carry out the instructions given to me by my late client Mr. Gabriel Edwin who made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He was my late client, before he died he included you on his (WILL) he was an international business man and had traveled to all parts of the world for business reasons, my concern is not based on your relationship with my client, but to execute his WILL as he directed before his death.

I have all relevant documents that cover this bequest. Meanwhile, in order for me to proceed with the review and remittance of your bequeathed funds, the following information is required from you for authentic reconfirmations and put me in a safe position for not dealing with a wrong person.

Full Name:
Current contact address:
Tel no:

If there is any change of name since 2009, kindly indicate.

Upon the receipt of the above information, I will forward the scanned copies of all the necessary documents concerning your inheritance to you for your examination. These documents will include,

1, The Will
2, The Court Probate order

Please be reminded that every step of this process will be recorded and filed by this firm in accordance with the ethics and penal code of the States constitution. I await your soonest response.

Regards,

Ken Maxwell

+27-78-187-1316

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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01027781871316 27 78 187 1316 27 (78) 187 1316 +27 78 187 1316 +27 (78) 187 1316
0027 78 187 1316 0027 (78) 187 1316 01127 78 187 1316 01127 (78) 187 1316 001127 78 187 1316
001127 (78) 187 1316 01027 78 187 1316 01027 (78) 187 1316