This topic gives information about the telephone number +12024177791, which has been identified as being used by scammer as part of their scam. This first post gives some general information about the telephone number, such as the country/area it is from, the type of number and the provider. Additional posts give information about occurrences of the number being used as part of a scam.
About telephone number +12024177791
Telephone number +12024177791 has a country code of 1, which indicates that it is from the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) area. The area code (202) indicates that the number covers the District of Columbia and the Exchange Code (417) indicates that the number covers the town or city of Washington DC. This Exchange code was originally designated for Landline usage and the original service provider was "OMNIPOINT COMMUNICATIONS CAP OPERATIONS, LLC".
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Re: +12024177791
Telephone number +12024177791 is being used as part of a Lottery Scam by someone claiming to be "David Rain" and using the email address paymentprocessing7@gmail.com. The telephone number is included in the following Lottery Scam email that is being sent to victims:
The email is a classic example of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam with promises of a large sum of money being transferred to the victim. Anyone responding to it will be told that there is a fee/tax/insurance payment to be paid to receive the money. This will be followed by payment after payment until the victim runs out of money or realises that they are being scammed.
The email was sent from the email address "paymentprocessing7@gmail.com", with the subject "Congratulations".UK Mega Millions Lottery
Washington D.C Liaison Office
8th Street NW, Washington, DC 20535
E-mail: paymentprocessing7@gmail.com
WINNING NUMBERS: 8-16-30-38-61-(10)
*Your $1,000,000 Lottery Claim Has Been Filed*
To the Attention of: (Mr/Mrs/Miss) [REDACTED],
This is to acknowledge receipt of your claims processing form for your $1,000,000.00 Lottery Winning and to notify you that approval is pending until you pay the one-time fully refundable processing fee. As soon as we receive this payment, approval will be granted on your file within an hour and you will be contacted by the paying Bank with your account information credited with your lottery winnings alongside a full refund of the claims processing fee. Once you are in contact with the bank, you can transfer your lottery winnings to another bank account, request an ATM Card or Check to be delivered to your home. You will be given directions on how to do all of these.
Note that if you do not have a bank account you can make the transfer out to a spouse or sibling's account you might have access to or request a check or an ATM Card from the bank. Now you are advised to go ahead and pay the processing fee of $398 via Western Union to the following cashier in other to approve your winnings:
Receiver's Name: Salanieta Durutamata
State: California
Country: United States
Test Question: Do Not Use!
Amount: $398 (Three Hundred and Ninety Eight United State Dollars.)
Important: Once you have made the payment you must validate it by e-mailing us the MTCN/Ref number on the Western Union receipt. Also provide the sender's name and the sender's address for confirmation. Until then, your payment will be null and not valid. You will be faxed or emailed payment receipts after validation (for your records).
Make sure to get all payment details above correctly spelled out on the Western Union form and receipt as you proceed. Any mistake from your end, must be rectified and will cause a delay in the pay out process.
Go to our Winner's Gallery to read the success stories of previous lucky winners like yourself who paid the $398 fee and their payment was successfully completed.
E-mail paymentprocessing7@gmail.com with any questions you may have or if you need clarification/assistance.
Under normal circumstances you are not supposed to make a payment for a lottery you won but due to the fact that this lottery is an international lottery from the United Kingdom, there is a no tax policy on the funds, which means the processing fee cannot be deducted from your winnings. Our headquarters will reimburse you fully for this fee.
Because you won this lottery from an online balloting system, your claim will expire after 10 days, starting from today. Be sure you act accordingly before this expiry date.
Best Regards,
David Rain
Claims Processing Department
Email: paymentprocessing7@gmail.com (24/7 assistance is available)
+1 202-417-7791
*Be sure to have read this email in detail and act accordingly, email your claims manager if you have questions*
*CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN*
CC: Federal Trade Commission
The email is a classic example of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam with promises of a large sum of money being transferred to the victim. Anyone responding to it will be told that there is a fee/tax/insurance payment to be paid to receive the money. This will be followed by payment after payment until the victim runs out of money or realises that they are being scammed.