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Telephone number +27788396290 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:

14th May 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 14th May 2020, telephone number +27788396290 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Richard Etemesi working as Chief Executive for Standard Chartered Bank using email address info.standardcharteredscb@safrica.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.
My Beloved Friend In The Lord,

Am very sorry for my late response to your email, as you know l was very sick and could not be able to get up and write you with the help of the nurse.
Thanks a lot for sending your information across, l want you to understand that after my prayers and fasting, the spirit of God directed me to you as a good and trust worthy person who can fulfill my last wish to the glory of God. As l told you in my previous email, am a born again Christian and l have full hope of living but due to my present condition and according my doctor, they advised that the cancer stage has gotten worse and that l may not live any longer.

Am very grateful to write out an Authorization Letter today on your name because my spirit keeps telling me that you will accomplish my last wish. May God give you the mind to fulfill my last wish to His own Glory. l will also write MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT on your behalf as soon as you communicate with the bank.

Meanwhile, I have written and forwarded an Authorization Letter on your behalf to the bank and the bank have agreed to commence the transfer as soon as they have words with you, The bank Chief Executive Mr. Richard Etemesi said that you have to contact the bank so that they will have a word with you before they will commence the transfer.

Please I want you to contact the bank right away and hear what the bank has to say. Below is the bank's contact and the account info:

Bank Name:Standard Chartered Bank South Africa (SC BSA)
Bank Address:5th Floor, No: 4 Sandown Vally Cresent, Sandton 2196.
Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Bank Chief Executive: Mr.Richard Etemesi, (SC BSA )
PHONE : (+27) 788 396 290
FAX: : +27( 0)642356163
EMAIL : info.standardcharteredscb@safrica.com
: standardcharteredbank.za@safrica.com
Acc/No :SA-ZA-0171010018340
Swift Code : SAZAZAJJ
Telex : 26651- 26220 - 25410

When you Contact the bank tell them that you are contacting on my behalf (Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson) the wife of their Late customer Mr. Johnson who deposited the sum of $5.6million Dollars in a suspense account with my name as the next of kin. l hereby attached the deposit slip that was given to my late husband at the time of deposit also Authorization Letter which I sent to the bank and my photo before I became sick for your reference.

Please don't forget to always put me in your prayers.

Waits to hear from you and please let me know how it goes with the bank, and less I forget I write you by the help of a Nurse,
Regards and remain bless.
Yours Sister In Pain.
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

14th May 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 14th May 2020, telephone number +27788396290 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Richard Etemesi working as Chief Executive for Standard Chartered Bank using email address standardcharteredbank.za@safrica.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.
My Beloved Friend In The Lord,

Am very sorry for my late response to your email, as you know l was very sick and could not be able to get up and write you with the help of the nurse.
Thanks a lot for sending your information across, l want you to understand that after my prayers and fasting, the spirit of God directed me to you as a good and trust worthy person who can fulfill my last wish to the glory of God. As l told you in my previous email, am a born again Christian and l have full hope of living but due to my present condition and according my doctor, they advised that the cancer stage has gotten worse and that l may not live any longer.

Am very grateful to write out an Authorization Letter today on your name because my spirit keeps telling me that you will accomplish my last wish. May God give you the mind to fulfill my last wish to His own Glory. l will also write MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT on your behalf as soon as you communicate with the bank.

Meanwhile, I have written and forwarded an Authorization Letter on your behalf to the bank and the bank have agreed to commence the transfer as soon as they have words with you, The bank Chief Executive Mr. Richard Etemesi said that you have to contact the bank so that they will have a word with you before they will commence the transfer.

Please I want you to contact the bank right away and hear what the bank has to say. Below is the bank's contact and the account info:

Bank Name:Standard Chartered Bank South Africa (SC BSA)
Bank Address:5th Floor, No: 4 Sandown Vally Cresent, Sandton 2196.
Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Bank Chief Executive: Mr.Richard Etemesi, (SC BSA )
PHONE : (+27) 788 396 290
FAX: : +27( 0)642356163
EMAIL : info.standardcharteredscb@safrica.com
: standardcharteredbank.za@safrica.com
Acc/No :SA-ZA-0171010018340
Swift Code : SAZAZAJJ
Telex : 26651- 26220 - 25410

When you Contact the bank tell them that you are contacting on my behalf (Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson) the wife of their Late customer Mr. Johnson who deposited the sum of $5.6million Dollars in a suspense account with my name as the next of kin. l hereby attached the deposit slip that was given to my late husband at the time of deposit also Authorization Letter which I sent to the bank and my photo before I became sick for your reference.

Please don't forget to always put me in your prayers.

Waits to hear from you and please let me know how it goes with the bank, and less I forget I write you by the help of a Nurse,
Regards and remain bless.
Yours Sister In Pain.
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

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