This topic gives information about the telephone number +17272000654, which has been identified as being used by scammers 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 +17272000654
Telephone number +17272000654 has a country code of 1, which indicates that it is from North American Numbering Plan (NANP) area. The area code (727) indicates that the number covers the State of Florida, USA and the Exchange Code (200) indicates that the number covers the town or city of Clearwater. This Exchange code was originally designated for Mobile usage and the original service provider was "CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - FL".
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Re: +17272000654
Telephone number +17272000654 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Mark Mason", Chief Financial Officer of Citibank and using the email address citibankamerica654@gmail.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud 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 "CITIBANK AMERICA <citibankamerica654@gmail.com>", with the subject "PAYMENT DIRECTIVES".Headquarter New York, USA
Address: 399 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Phone: +17272034761
Fax: +17272000654
Official Site: www.citibank.com
SWIFT Code: CITIUS33
Founded: 1812
Attn: Beneficiary:
We wish to notify you that we are directed by the international monetary fund (IMF) to release the sum of $10.5 Million as compensation fund for money swindled from you from the notorious scammers from Nigeria and other African countries. This fund was accrued from funds recovered by the FBI and the EFCC Nigeria. You are hereby advised to furnish us with your full name, your personal identification, your address and your telephone numbers.
We shall expedite action on your payment when we receive the above stated information.
Urgent compliance is to your advantage.
Looking forward to your response
yours faithfully
Mark Mason
Chief Financial Officer
Citibank
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.