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This topic gives information about the telephone number +2348166082169, 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 +2348166082169

Telephone number +2348166082169 has a country code of 234, which indicates that it is from Nigeria. The dialing code (816) indicates that the number is a mobile number. The original service provider was "MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd".

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Telephone number +2348166082169 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Alhaji Usman", the DHL Director Lagos Nigeria and using the email address alhajiusman006@gmail.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud email that is being sent to victims:
FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA LTD
35 Marina Rd, Lagos Island,
Lagos - Nigeria.

Attention Atm Master Card Owner,

We have registered your ATM MASTER CARD Compensation payment of
(US1.5M) One million five hundred thousand United State Dollars only,
with DHL BASIC Courier Company here in Lagos Nigeria. With
registration Shipment Code of ­ (DHL-33X5ZS).

Please Contact the DHL Director Lagos Nigeria, Mr. Alhaji Usman
immediately by reconfirming your delivering information's to him, such
as;

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Receiving Address ( PO.BOX NOT ACCEPTED )
3. Your Direct Telephone Number
4. Your Occupation

To his phone number ( +234-816-608-2169 ) or email address (
alhajiusman006@gmail.com ). And address Mr. Alhaji Usman the DHL
Director Lagos Nigeria, to dispatch your Atm master card immediately
to your home address.

Then, Let us know once you receive your ATM Master CARD from them.
Please be noted, that the only fee you will pay the DHL delivering
company is $58 for delivering charges, that is all. And you will
receive your Atm master card within 72 hours, which is 3 days as soon
as they receive the delivering charges of $58 from you.

Best Regards,

Mr. Nelson Oha
Operation manager Atm department First bank Nigeria LTD.
The email was sent from the email address "FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA LTD <federalministryoffinancefmforg@gmail.com>", with the Reply-to address "infocambodianasasaianbankltd@gmail.com" and the subject "Attention Atm Master Card Owner.".

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.

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