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Telephone Number +17167272699 is a NANP Number and is in Area Code 716, Exchange Code 727 in New York (NY), USA. The Exchange is designated as being used for Landline telephones. This Exchange Code is allocated to the Town/City of Lockport, Niagara County. The number was originally operated by the provider Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NY.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Landline number, be assigned to a different provider or be being operated from a different location (even overseas in the case of VoIP numbers). If the number is being used to call you then it is also possible that the number is being spoofed and does not actually belong to the person using it.

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Country Code: 1
Country Name: USA
Area Name: New York (NY) (716)
Exchange Name : Lockport, Niagara County (727)
Type: Landline
Original Provider: Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NY
Validity: The number is the correct length for a North American number.

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This number is recorded in our database for the following scams:

5th January 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 5th January 2018, telephone number +17167272699 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be William J. Powell using email address surrogatecourtny@yahoo.com as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam.

In Advance Fee Fraud Scams, the scammer will offer you something of high value (a large sum of money or gold for example) and all you have to do is pay a "small" fee. What the scammer is offering you does not actually exist and the scammer will come up with fee after fee that needs to be paid by the victims, until he either runs out of money or realises that he has been scammed. The scammer will often pretend to be real people or companies, use fake websites and introduce various characters, all with the aim of convincing the victim that what is being offered to him is real.

Here is the email that the scammer sent to his victims.
NY USA (NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT)

Urgent Attention Email Owner
Fund Order $15.500.000.00

Sequel to the above specifications, the management of the Fund Reconciliation Department here in New York City USA, wishes to let you know that your fund worth total amount of $15.5 million is long overdue payment, every precept regarding your funds has been concluded. You will be receiving your funds from this Surrogate Court Office any moment from now. We take, keep and make report of every transaction done here in the USA. Investigations gathered by the Fund Regulatory Agency {IMF}, shows you have been receiving numerous emails from several offices requesting you to claim your funds. In some cases, you tried a lot but still the transfer or delivery was not completed due to one reason or the other. The fact is that you are stuck between the chains which make it impossible for you to differentiate the real office from its counterfeit.

I know you will be expecting to hear from me regarding this delivery after the last attempt to get it over. The fact is that I understand you're been into so many transaction and I decided to stay clear so that you will understand the truth about everything going on within the internet.


We noticed that the only real offices that had ever contacted you in respect to your funds were United State Embassy Kenya and Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It was brought to our notice that the former Ambassador to the republic of Kenya, Ambassador James Murugu, made voluntary effort to bring your funds along to your home address but couldn't due to some fall-out on your ends. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York came up to make a wire transfer but they said you couldn't meet up with the fee demand for the transfer, so they gave up on you. In a more proper and legalized manner, the International Monetary Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank solicited us Fund Reconciliation Department to allow your fund to be written as a Check or Credited as Visa Card and be shipped to your home address through the USA Priority Express Mail. These options, we supposed could be the best,
easiest and the most efficient way to have you get hold of your long awaited United Nations approved funds.

Like you were told by the Federal Reserve Bank aforementioned, your funds was transferred from about four different banks; Central Bank of Kenya, United Bank of Africa Kenya, Bank of America and Nat west bank London. In total, your funds were amounting to the tune of USD15.5 Million United State Dollars As we speak, your funds have been credited in your Visa Card and also available as Cashier's Check well documented and packaged. The documented package will be shipped to your mailing address by the USA Priority Express Mail here in NY, USA. The ONLY thing needed before we can POST your ATM CARD or CHECK is the PROCUREMENT FILE of your funds. The procurement file is at the Origin Country of your funds in Eastern Africa Kenya


for the purpose to avoiding double payment on your end, we had an agreement with the IMF and Federal Reserve to document every charge necessary until the
package gets to your home address. The analytical group of the two offices mentioned above had an accurate sum of USD430.00 for Procurement. So it was constituted and officially submitted to the "Court of Justice" that the ONLY charge you will EVER pay before your package leaves our office here in USA to your home address is USD430.00 for your Procurement File to be signed and conveyed down here in the USA and YOU WILL NEVER pay a dime again as agreed. We are renowned and reputable USA Agency and we don't like an undocumented process that is why it had to be written down in Court that you will never pay any other money apart from the USD430.00 The USD430.00 is for "PROCUREMENT FEE" (That is for someone to sign your file on your behalf). USA Ambassador, ", who will be coming to the United State in few days will have the Power of Attorney to stand in and sign on your behalf so that he can sign and bring along with him your PROCUREMENT FILE to us here to enable us POST your loaded ATM CARD or WRITTEN CHECK to your mailing address via Priority Express Mail without any hitch.


Therefore, the days of you being subjected to paying twice Double Payment is over as that is the case with some corrupt officials down there in Africa, whom always strife to subject beneficiaries to hard bureaucratic bottleneck, thereby making it impossible for most innocent citizens spread across the globe and the likes to claim what rightfully belongs to them. Thank GOD that your funds are here in NEW YORK SURROGATE COURT, USA and so we decided to follow the USA constitutions so as to ensure that your money is in your hands this within 12 hours . Without mincing words, it will be desirous if you consciously adhere to the above instruction by remitting the PROCUREMENT FEE calculated to be USD430.00 down to the office so that your ATM CARD or you’re Check depending on your choice, could be shipped to your home address .

BELOW IS THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE FEE TO THE ORIGIN COUNTRY KENYA AND GET BACK TO US WITH THE PAYMENT COPY SLIP FOR CONFIRMATION.

Send the money by Money Gram or Western Union ONLY to:


Receivers First Name: JACKLINE
Receivers Middle Name: FHOEBE
Receivers Last Name: WANGU
Country: KNEYA
City: NAIROBI
Amount : $430.00 ONLY.


We hope your immediate positive response with payment details or payment slip attachment once you make the payment to enable a speedy shipment of your Check to your home address.

PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR PREFERRED CHOICE OF PAYMENT BELOW:

1. ATM CARD
2. CERTIFIED BANK CHECK
3. Online Bank
Kindly Still Update Us With:

1. Your Name which you prefer we use when shipping your Check
2. Your Current mailing (Delivery) Address where your Check should be mailed
3. Your Private Mobile Number for the Priority Express Mail to Contact
You when they arrive at your door step.
4. Copy of your id card.

Yes we are sorry for the inconveniences you might have encountered in the past, in pursuit of your funds. Now that this office, Fund Reconciliation
Department is involved, you will have no cause to ever regret again as soon as you adhere to the above given instructions.

Regards,
Contact person
Mr. William J. Powell,
Tel : (716) 727-2699
ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF JUDGE,
SURROGATE COURT, 152 GENESEE ST, AUBURN,
NY USA (NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT)
NEW YORK CITY, USA

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