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Info on the number +27789450042

Telephone number +27789450042 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:

4th June 2021 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 4th June 2021, telephone number +27789450042 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Tenba Bongani using email address pbsaa@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.
POWERBALL LOTTERY ORG
LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
SOUTH AFRICA

Dear E-mail User,

Lottery Promotion Prize Awards Winning Notification

We are pleased to notify you the draw! Your Email Address Has Won US$5,500,000.00 In the POWERBALL LOTTERY International Programs. The Online Cyber Lotto Draws Was Conducted From an Exclusive List Of 25,000 E-Mail Addresses, With (Reference No: PBL/9831/21. Batch No: SAA/2021/SA).

Your prize award will be insured in your name, to begin your claim you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 14 days (date of this e-mail inclusive). Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our South African booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your USD$5,500,000. would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa or Europe. Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

The Program Is Known As Random Access Program (RAP). For Claims Call Your Agent: Mr. Tenba Bongani, On Tel: +27.78.945.0042. EMAIL: pbsaa@safrica.com Immediately With Your Details.

1. Full Names:
2. Your Batch No:
3. Your Reference No:

Congratulations!! Once Again.

Yours in Service,

Promotions Manager.
POWERBALL LOTTERY ORG

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This number could also be written in the following formats

27789450042 +27789450042 0027789450042 01127789450042 001127789450042
01027789450042 27 78 945 0042 27 (78) 945 0042 +27 78 945 0042 +27 (78) 945 0042
0027 78 945 0042 0027 (78) 945 0042 01127 78 945 0042 01127 (78) 945 0042 001127 78 945 0042
001127 (78) 945 0042 01027 78 945 0042 01027 (78) 945 0042