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This topic gives information about the telephone number +2348020874977, 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 +2348020874977

Telephone number +2348020874977 has a country code of 234, which indicates that it is from Nigeria. The dialing code (802) indicates that the number is a mobile number. The original service provider was "Bharti Airtel Ltd (Celtel)".

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Telephone number +2348020874977 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Godwin Emefiele", Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and using the email address cenban.godwin01@gmail.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud email that is being sent to victims:
Central Bank of Nigeria,
Plot 33, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Way
Central Business District,
Cadastral Zone,
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory,
Nigeria P.M.B. 0187,
Garki Abuja.
Nigeria
TEL: +2348020874977

FROM THE DESK OF MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE.
GOVERNOR , CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

Dear Sir

We did not hear from you again. Why?
Could you please update us and understand that this is a financial transaction and further
delay will impede our effort to successfully complete the wires Transfer to your nominated Bank account.

Your involvement is duly spells out in my last mail. If you are not
willing to receive these funds kindly state it now to avoid sending your funds into The Federal Reserve Bank Vault

as an unclaimed Funds.

We will proceed to return your approved $10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars),if we do not receive your update.

We once again await your response to complete the wire Transfer to your nominated Bank account without any further

delay

Respectfully

Yours Sincerely,

Godwin Emefiele
Governor Central Bank of Nigeria
The email was sent from the email address "Godwin Emefiele <cenban.godwin01@gmail.com>" and the subject "Attention Beneficiary ( PRESIDENTIAL / EXECUTIVE ORDER GRANTED TO YOU )".

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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