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This topic gives information about the telephone number +85258193381, 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 +85258193381

Telephone number +85258193381 has a country code of 852, which indicates that it is from Hong Kong. The dialing code (58) indicates that the number is a VoIP number.

Telephone number +85258193381 is being used as part of an Online Selling Scam by someone claiming to be selling PPE equipment and using the email address order@pyequipments.com. The telephone number is included in the following Online Selling email that is being sent to victims:

Dear Sir/Ma,

I think our product can be helpful to you
We have FDA and CE approved Non-Contact Forehead Infrared Thermometer, KN95 Face Mask, Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer, Pocket Sprayer 0.33 Oz. nitrile gloves and lot more. we also provide Covid 19 Combo Rapid Test Kit.
Kindly contact us if any of this product are of interest to you. We will be glad to furnish you with more details

Head of Marketing
Medical Equipments
Email: order@pyequipments.com
+85258193381

The email was sent from the email address "Donnis Harrison <D.Harrison@mi.school.nz>", with the subject "Need Personal Protective Equipment(PPE)?".

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

Creation Date: 2020-04-27T21:17:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-04-27T21:17:00Z

Registrant Name: pyequipments pyequipments
Registrant Organization: pyequipments
Registrant Street: ikorodu ikorodu
Registrant City: lagos
Registrant State/Province: lagos
Registrant Postal Code: 110001
Registrant Country: NG
Registrant Phone: +234.8023460164
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: pyequipments@gmail.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.