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Info on the number +22998752577

Telephone number +22998752577 is a number from Benin. The area code is 98. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Mobile 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.

Here is some general information about the number.

Country Code: 229
Country Name: Benin
Type: Mobile
Validity: The number is the correct length for a Benin phone number.

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

16th December 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 16th December 2017, telephone number +22998752577 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Nicholas Smith using email address fedeburof24investig4@citromail.hu 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.
Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you that we
have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was issued
to you by International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly developed
technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that your e-
mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting System, this has
legally won you the sum of $4.8 million USD from a Lottery Company outside the
United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-
mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this
winning to be paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.

Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED
BANK DRAFT by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on
your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the world
winded, so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay,
henceforth the stated amount of $4.8 million USD has been deposited with IMF.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100%
risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with IMF you will
be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-
charge of this transaction whom is located in Cotonou, Benin Republic.According
to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following,

(1) Deposit Fee's ( IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE )
(2) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to
your home address)

The total amount for everything is $96.00 We have tried our possible best to
indicate that this $96.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we
found out that the funds have already been deposited to IMF and cannot be
accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to
pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction In order to
proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-
charge ( MR. NICHOLAS SMITH ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate
contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. NICHOLAS SMITH
Call him on Tel: PHONE NUMBER:+22998752577
So contact him now on this Email Address : ( fedeburof24investig4@citromail.hu
)

You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:

You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how
to send the required $96.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $4.8
million USD via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include the
following transaction code in order for him to identify this transaction :
EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is
authorizing you to pay the required $96.00 ONLY to MR. NICHOLAS SMITH via
information in which he shall send to you,

Mr.Andrew McCabe
Federal Bureau of Investigation F B I

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

2nd August 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 2nd August 2017, telephone number +22998752577 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Nicholas Smith using email address fedeburof24investig@mail333.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.

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

9th March 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 9th March 2017, telephone number +22998752577 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Mike Williams using email address diamond4bank4@citromail.hu 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.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

*NOTE* Phone numbers can be regularly re-assigned if the person using them stops paying the bill. This number was included in scammer emails or websites on the dates shown above, but may have since been reassigned. If you have evidence of more recent scam activity using the number, please use the contact page to let us know or post the details in our forum. You can also add brief comments in the comments section below.

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