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This topic gives information about the telephone number +2348164717431, 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.

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Telephone number +2348164717431 has a country code of 234, which indicates that it is from Nigeria. The dialling 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 +2348164717431 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "James Williams", from First Bank of Nigeria and using the email address firstbankofnigeria213@gmail.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud email that is being sent to victims:
First Bank of Nigeria
35 Marina Rd, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria,
Foreign Remittance Department
Email: firstbankofnigeria213@gmail.com
Telephone Number: +234 816 471 7431

Attention: Beneficiary,

Greetings to you from First Bank of Nigeria PLC, there is presently a counter claim on your funds by one Mr. John Lewis this morning, who is presently trying to make us believe that you are dead and even explained that you entered into an agreement with him before your death. He was trying to divert your inheritance fund $7.5 M( Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ) to his personal bank account in the United States of America.

He told us that you died on Monday, October 11, 2021 in a vehicle that crashed into a pole and caught fire in North Hollywood.

Are you truly dead as he has claimed? Do you make anyone with the name John Lewis your next of kin? He submitted your death certificate to the bank and claimed that you are dead. We are currently investigating if you are dead or not after Mr. John Lewis contacted us this morning saying that you are dead so that's why we are investigating if you are truly dead or not.

Did you sign any deed of assignment in favor of ( JOHN LEWIS ), He further claimed that you died on Monday, October 11, 2021 in a vehicle that crashed into a pole and caught fire in North Hollywood.

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He told us that you have been buried, thereby making him the current beneficiary with his following account details:

Beneficiary Name: John Lewis
Account Number: 6503809428
Routing: 121000358
Swift code: BOFAUS3N
Bank Name: Bank of America (B.O.A),
Bank Address: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America.

We shall proceed to issue all payments details to Mr. John Lewis, if we do not hear from you within the next two working days from today.

Kindly provide us the below information about yourself:

Your Name:
Full Contact Address:
Date of Birth:
Direct Phone Number:
Occupation:
A copy of your ID Card for proper identification.

You should provide us with the above information asap, if you want to claim your fund today. Finally, we ask for your mutual understanding and cooperation to serve you better.

You are advised to keep this email confidential.

Get back to us immediately

Yours truly,

Mr. James Williams

Director of Foreign Remittance Department
The email was sent from the email address "First Bank of Nigeria Plc <firstbankofnigeriaplc388@gmail.com>", with the Reply-to address "firstbankofnigeria213@gmail.com" and the subject "ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?".

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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