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This topic gives information about the telephone number +27683670974, 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 +27683670974

Telephone number +27683670974 has a country code of 27, which indicates that it is from South Africa. The dialling code (683) indicates that the number is a mobile number. The original service provider was "TelkomSA".

Telephone number +27683670974 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Comfort Bunting", from Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa and using the email address engcomfort-bunting@engineer.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud email that is being sent to victims:

For the kind Attention

I have a Top profound Business Proposal for you in the area of petroleum and Gas product.

Kindly get back to me

Mr. Comfort Bunting
Group Supply Chain Manager
Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA).
Direct Telephone: +27 68 367 0974

Private email: engcomfort-bunting@engineer.com

The email was sent from the email address "Comfort Bunting <Comfort-bunting@safrica.com>", with the subject "Mr. Comfort Bunting".

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.

Telephone number +27683670974 is being used as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam by someone claiming to be "Comfort Bunting", Group Supply Chain Manager at Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa and using the email address engcomfort-bunting@engineer.com. The telephone number is included in the following Advance Fee Fraud email that is being sent to victims:

For the kind Attention Sir/Madam

I have a Top profound Business Proposal for you in the area of petroleum and Gas product.

Kindly get back to me

Mr. Comfort Bunting
Group Supply Chain Manager
Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA).
Direct Telephone/WhatsApp: +27 68 367 0974

Private email: engcomfort-bunting@engineer.com

The email was sent from the email address "Comfort Bunting <usbusb665@gmail.com>", with the subject "Fwd: Mr. Comfort Bunting".

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.