This topic gives information about the telephone number +19179795294, 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 +19179795294
Telephone number +19179795294 has a country code of 1, which indicates that it is from North American Numbering Plan (NANP) area. The area code (917) indicates that the number covers the State of New York, USA and the Exchange Code (979) indicates that the number covers the town or city of Staten Island. This Exchange code was originally designated for Mobile usage and the original service provider was "CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - NY". Number Pooling is active in this exchange and this sub-allocation of numbers is allocated to "BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC LLC - NY".
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Re: +19179795294
Telephone number +19179795294 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Gary Smith". 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 "Diplomat.Addo Mike <diplomat.addo_mike@yahoo.com>", with the subject "URGENT REPLY".Attention:
I am Diplomat Addo Mike Agent of the United Nations Inspection Unit at Ghana, working hand in hand with the Department of Security and Border Protection.
During our investigation, I discovered an abandoned shipment of consignments and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box weighing approximately 25kg each. But the boxes have been transferred to the United Nation head office in New York under the United Nation Delivery Committee. this is the diplomat In-charge of your boxes in New York (diplomat Gary Smith: you can contact him on this line: +1(917) 979-5294
Your information is needed.
1, Full Name:
2, Residential Addresses:
3, Occupation:
4, Direct Telephone Number:
5, Identification:
6, Age:
So as to ensure that I am dealing with the right person, Send the requested information to this email. (united.nation_delivery@aol.com)
if you are still interested to receive your boxes.
Regards,
Addo Mike
UN Diplomat
+233545374424
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.