Dodgy Dialers

This topic gives information about the telephone number +919748816803, 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 +919748816803

Telephone number +919748816803 has a country code of 91, which indicates that it is from India. The dialling code (9748) indicates that the number covers the area of Kolkata and that the number is a mobile number. The original service provider was "Bharti Airtel Ltd".

Telephone number +919748816803 is being used as part of an Employment Scam by someone claiming to be from "Orca Legal" and using the email address info@orcalegal.com. The telephone number is included in the following Employment Scam email that is being sent to victims:

We request you to contact legal solicitor for documents related query and provide all the document report to facilitate VISA and other formalities.

Further, you may contact at info@orcalegal.com, Website (http://www.orcalegal.com) 6, Old Post Office St, , B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, Email: info@orcalegal.com, Contact Number: +91 97488 16803 for documents related query; any amount spent during the checks would be reimbursable to you.

The WhoIs record for the fake domain orcalegal.com gives the following information.

Creation Date: 2016-07-22T17:37:34Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2022-07-22T17:37:34Z

Registrant State/Province: West Bengal
Registrant Country: IN

The email is an example of an Employment Scam, targeting victims in countries such as India with offers of high paying jobs overseas. The jobs don't exist, the scammer just wants the victims to pay fees for travel documents, etc.