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Telephone number +22965532159 is a number from Benin. The number is designated as being used for Mobile (Assumed) telephones.

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Country Code: 229
Country Name: Benin
Type: Mobile (Assumed)
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:

25th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 25th February 2018, telephone number +22965532159 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Joy David using email address ww.westernunionoffice@web.co.zw 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.
WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
WESTERN UNION SEND MONEY WORLDWIDE
WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE COTONOU BENIN
ADDRESS: 17, BP OPPOSITE POST OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL:::::{WW.westernunionoffice@web.co.zw}

ATTN: DEAR CUSTOMER,

I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED MY PREVIOUS EMAIL? AGAIN I AM MRS.JOY DAVID,THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF WESTERN UNION REPUBLIC OF BENIN, I CAME DOWN HERE IN COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC FOR AN ECOWAS MEETING AND I WAS SEARCHING FOR SOME FILES THAT I LEFT IN THIS OFFICE WHILE I WAS WORKING HERE, I FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR FUND AMOUNTED AT $2.5 MILLION USD SINCE LAST YEAR 2017,AND I ASKED MR ANTHONY ROBERT WHAT HAPPENED THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVE YOUR FUND AND HE SAID THAT YOU REFUSED TO PAY THE FEE TO UPDATE YOUR WESTERN UNION TRANSFER FILE BEFORE STARTING YOUR TRANSFER.

I'M CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR OF THE (IMF) INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUND HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC SAID THAT THEY WILL DIVERT ALL UNCLAIMED FUNDS INCLUDING YOUR FUNDS TO THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY ACCOUNT BY THE ENDING OF THIS MONTH’ JUST BECAUSE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO CLAIM YOUR FUNDS SINCE 2017 TILL DATE.SO I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY SO THAT I WILL KNOW THE REASON WHY YOU REJECTED SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY $2.5MILLION WHICH WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE JUST BECAUSE OF THE BILL

I WANT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL AND EXPLAIN TO ME THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE ABANDON YOUR FUNDS BECAUSE OF $120.00.BUT IF YOU DON'T NEED IT THEN I CAN CHANGE YOUR NAME SUCCESSFUL TO ANOTHER PERSON SO THAT THIS GOVERNMENT WILL NOT CLAIM THIS MONEY BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT ALLOW SUCH THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

IF YOU ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO GET THE FEE $120.00 IMMEDIATELY THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND THE HALF FEE WHICH IS $60.00 SO THAT IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVED YOUR FIRST PAYMENT $5,000 THEN YOU WILL SEND THE BALANCE OF $60 BACK TO US, PLEASE MY DEAR I WANT TO HELP YOU IN THIS FINALLY OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THIS FUND BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG SHOCK TO ME THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR FUND TILL DATE AND I’M VERY SORRY FOR THAT, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FUND BEFORE THE END OF THIS MEETING WHICH WILL TAKE US 3DAYS AND I WILL BE HERE TO MONITOR THE TRANSACTION UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR FUND.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF $5000.00 IS READY FOR YOU TO PICK UP AT WESTERN UNION OFFICE NOW BUT STILL ON HOLD UNTIL YOUR TRANSFER FILE IS UPDATED TODAY AS SOON AS YOU'VE SENT THE FEE.

HERE IS YOUR FIRST PAYMENT BUT IS ON HOLD,

MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER (M.T.C.N) 710-835-7856)
AMOUNT SENT: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000.00

WARNING-- DO NOT GO TO WESTERN UNION STORE FOR THE PAYMENT YET, TILL YOU SEND THE PAYMENT OF $120.00 OR HALF $60.00 TODAY AND GET YOUR FILE UPDATED AS INSTRUCTED BY (HEAD OFFICE OF WESTERN UNION BENIN REPUBLIC) OR ELSE YOU MAKE YOURSELF A FOOL BEFORE YOUR WESTERN UNION AGENT.

ONCE YOU SEND THE PAYMENT TODAY I WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITHIN 45 MINUTES AFTER YOUR TRANSFER IS UPDATED WITH THE QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR YOU TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY TODAY, WE ADVICE YOU TO USE THE BELOW INFORMATION OF OUR ACCOUNTANT TO SEND THE MONEY:

RECEIVER NAME: _ _ _ _ AMS JOEL
ADDRESS: LOT NO. 23 PATTE D’OIE, 03 BP 2147. COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC.
SENDER’S NAME:
MTCN NUMBER#:
SENDER’S ADDRESS:

BE REST ASSURED THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINALIZE THE MOMENT THE $120 OR
HALF $60.00 IS RECEIVED FROM YOU TODAY, YOU WILL START PICKING UP YOUR DAILY
PAYMENT OF $5000.00 IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $2.5MILLION IS
COMPLETED.

THANK YOU

BEST REGARDS

MR.JOY DAVID
FORMER WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR
WESTERN UNION PAYMENT DEPARTMENT SECTION.OFFICE
REPUBLIC OF BENIN
EMAIL::{WW.westernunionoffice@web.co.zw}
Tel:+22965532159

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