Never trust a phone number
If someone gives you a phone number starting with 4470, it is a link number that
connects you with anywhere in the world, but not to a real UK number. Phone numbers
starting with 4470 are the most popular in the world with scammers but now there are
also redirect services offering United States area codes that can be forwarded to
anywhere in the world and they are rapidly growing in popularity with scammers. Because
of this, more and more scammers are getting very pushy about wanting you to talk to
them on the phone.
Message from an actual scammer
You can text to me any time you online and i will meet you okay ......... this is my number
+447031745929 ............... hope to hear from you soon
Scammer Location: Ghana
Message from an actual scammer
will have loved to exchange mobile numbers here but i do not have a us number because i
am still using my uk mobile line and number ... here is the number
+447045739871
Scammer Location: Nigeria
Scammers can be "anywhere in the world" they want
With the availability of redirect services and the inexpensive cost, scammers can pretty much
be "anywhere in the world" they want. The way it works is they get a U.S., Canada, Australia,
etc. phone number and that number is redirected to another phone number just about anywhere
in the world including Nigeria, Ghana, Turkey, Morocco or anywhere.
Redirect services are one of the things if not the only thing that many scammers will actually
pay for themselves as opposed to trying to scam someone into paying for them. They would rather
use their scam for much bigger dollar amounts. For example, a scammer can get a phone number
with a Tulsa Oklahoma area code (918) and have that number forwarded to their phone for only
5.95/month and 0.20 cents per minute to Nigeria and Ghana or only 0.06 cents per minute to
South Africa.
Try not to get so wrapped up in a picture of someone that you ignore inconsistencies, flags and warning signs