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Info on the number +22998983319

Telephone number +22998983319 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:

19th January 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 19th January 2018, telephone number +22998983319 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Edwin Okeke using email address wdepartment9@gmail.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.
ATTENTION:

INFORMATION REACHING US FROM OUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS NOW, STATES
THAT YOU ONLY HAVE 24HOURS TO EFFECT PAYMENT FOR THE ACTIVATION OF
YOUR MTCN TO ENABLE YOU CASH UP YOUR FIRST $6,000:00 FROM YOUR
TOTAL(FUND) SINCE YOU ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE THIS PAYMENT WE
HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TO GO AHEAD AND PAY WHATEVER YOU HAVE FOR
THE ACTIVATION FEE SINCE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE REQUIRED
SUM,TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE HERE.YOU ARE TO PAY WHATEVER YOU HAVE AS
FROM $40 UP FOR THE ACTIVATION FEE; WE WILL ACTIVATE YOUR MTCN UPON
RECEIPT OF THIS PAYMENT.

HERE IS YOUR AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP.

(M.T.C.N): 5584-505-170#
SENDER'S NAME.ARTHUR PRAMUK
Question when
Answer today
Amount $6000.00

BE INFORMED THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE BALANCE SUM OF YOUR
ACTIVATION UPON CASHING UP OF YOUR FIRST $6,000:00 USD, ALSO I AM
USING THIS MEDIUM TO INFORM YOU THAT FAILURE TO PAY THE BALANCE SUM
WILL LEAVE US WITH NO OPTION BUT TO DEACTIVATE YOUR MTCN OF WHICH YOU
WILL AND CAN NEVER CASH UP THE BALANCE SUM I WANT YOU TO SEND THE
RENEWING AND TRANSFER FEE WITH THE INFORMATION BELLOW.

1.RECEIVER NAME:........ANTHONY OFE
2.COUNTRY:..............BENIN REPUBLIC
3.CITY :................COTONOU
4..TEST QUESTION:.......WHEN
5.TEST ANSWER:..........TODAY
6.MTCN..................
7.SENDER'S NAME.........

SEND US THE MTCN NUMBER IMMEDIATELY YOU SEND THE MONEY AND IMMEDIATELY
WE CONFIRM THE TRANSFER FEE WE WILL SEND YOU THE FIRST RECEIPT OF
YOUR $6000 TODAY AND NOT TOMORROW.

YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF TIME DIFFERENCE. CONTACT US HERE:

TEL# +229 98983319
E-MAIL: wdepartment9@gmail.com
THANK YOU!
MR. EDWIN OKEKE.

REGARDS MY DIRECT PHONE LINE IS +229 98983319 MR EDWIN OKEKE

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

7th February 2016 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 7th February 2016, telephone number +22998983319 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr James E Yakal using email address moneygramoffice932@gmail.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 the ScamWarners.com forum

23rd January 2016 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 23rd January 2016, telephone number +22998983319 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Kevin Green using email address westerninfo560@gmail.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 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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