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Info on the number +27789545994

Telephone number +27789545994 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:

2nd April 2023 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 2nd April 2023, telephone number +27789545994 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Franklin Khumalo working for First Investment Chartered Bank using email address franklinkhumalo@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.
Dear

I am Mr. Franklin Khumalo a Senior Executive internal auditor with Investec Bank of South Africa an affiliate with First Investment Chartered of South Africa, l do have an investment business proposal that will be profitable to both parties, do let me know if you will be interested.

Sincerely,

Mr. Franklin Khumalo
First Investment Chartered Bank
106 West Street, Sandton, 2196.
Gauteng, South Africa.
+27-789545994

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

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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