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This topic gives information about the telephone number +221708529671, 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 +221708529671

Telephone number +221708529671 has a country code of 221, which indicates that it is from Senegal. The dialling code (70) indicates that the number is a mobile number. The original service provider was "Expresso Sénégal (Sudatel)".

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Telephone number +221708529671 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Edward John", General Manager of Standard Life Bank Plc. and using the email address standardplc@accountant.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud email that is being sent to victims:
Dear esteemed customer,

With due respect Sir/Madam,

THIS IS MR. EDWARD JOHN,THE MANAGER OF STANDARD LIFE BANK PLC. SIR,WE ARE INFORM BY MADAM FAVOUR TO REACH YOU THROUGH THIS EMAIL CONCERNING THE ATM VISA CARD. SIR,YES WE HAVE AN ATM VISA CARD HERE IN OUR BANK THAT WAS DEPOSITED BY MADAM FAVOUR. AND IN THAT NOTE IT STATED THAT YOU ARE THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS ATM VISA CARD. SIR,PLEASE HERE ARE THE FULL DETAILS WE NEED TO POST THE ATM VISA CARD TO YOU. SIR,PLEASE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO SUGGEST THE MEAN WHICH YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THIS ATM VISA CARD.

FIRST NAME.................
SECOND NAME................
PHONE OR WHATS-SAP NUM..............
GENDER..............
PASSPORT OR ID...................
CITY........................
COUNTRY............................

SIR,THESE ARE THE DETAILS WE NEED TO POST THE ATM VISA CARD TO YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME.

WE PROMISE TO GIVE OUR CUSTOMERS THE BEST OF OUR SERVICES.

Yours sincerely
Mr. EDWARD JOHN
THE GENERAL MANAGER, OF STANDARD LIFE BANK PLC.
STANDARD LIFE BANK DU SENEGAL
STANDARD LIFE BANK Group, Boulevard du President Habib Bourguiba, Dakar
TEL:+221708529671.
The email was sent from the email address "standardplc@accountant.com".

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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