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This topic gives information about the telephone number +14242814197, 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 +14242814197

Telephone number +14242814197 has a country code of 1, which indicates that it is from North American Numbering Plan (NANP) area. The area code (424) indicates that the number covers the State of California, USA and the Exchange Code (281) indicates that the number covers the town or city of Los Angeles. This Exchange code was originally designated for Landline usage and the original service provider was "BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - CA".

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Telephone number +14242814197 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Oscar Williams" and using the email address ow226421@gmail.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud email that is being sent to victims:
Attention

This is Mr. Oscar Williams. I am writing to inform you that I have
arrived in San Francisco international airport with your consignment
box worth the sum of $4.8 Million United States Dollars. Therefore, I
would like you to reconfirm all your delivery address to avoid wrong
delivery:

Confirm the below information as soon as possible:

Full-name: _________
Current home address: ________
Nearest Airport to your home: __________
Direct telephone contact:___________

I will be looking forward to the above listed information.

Email: ow226421@gmail.com
Telephone number: +1 424 281 4197

Thanks
Diplomatic Agent Oscar Williams
The email was sent from the email address "oscar williams <habuidris2018@gmail.com>", with the Reply-to address "ow226421@gmail.com" and the subject "Attention beneficiary".

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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