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Telephone number +22995995280 is a number from Benin. The area code is 95. 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:

14th January 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 14th January 2018, telephone number +22995995280 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Rev. Dr. Christ Emmerson using email address westernoffice400@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.
FROM WESTERN OFFICE TRANSFER.
Tel Phone Number: +(229)9599-5280
Website: www.westernunion.com
E-mail{ westernoffice400@gmail.com }

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,

PLEASE WE ARE VERY SORRY FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE PASSED THROUGH BECAUSE OF YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF WHICH YOUR ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE WAS FAILED, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU, MY NAME IS REV.DR.CHRIST EMMERSON, I AM THE NEW APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BENIN REPUBLIC, I WAS APPOINTED LAST WEEK TO PRESIDE OVER THE OFFICE, I AM WRITING THIS MESSAGE WITH DEEP SORROW ABOUT THE FAILURE OF OUR OLD MANAGER TO REMIT YOUR FUND TO YOU AFTER EXTORTING SO MUCH MONEY FROM YOU, ALTHOUGH, YOUR NAME WAS DISCOVERED TODAY IN OUR PAYMENT FILE AS THE ONE OF THE MOST BENEFICIARIES WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED HIS/HER FUND VALUED US$3,800,000.00, WHICH SUPPOSE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU IN AMOUNT OF $6,000 PER DAY DURING FORMER MANAGER ADMINISTRATION, BUT TODAY AM HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT THE FORMER WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER MANAGER HAS BEEN SACKED SINCE LAST WEEK DUE TO HIS ILLEGAL ACT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ONLY THING WHICH WILL AID YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IS BY HAVING CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN ME AS THE NEW MANAGER AND ALSO FOLLOW OUR DIRECTIONS NOTWITHSTANDING YOUR PAST EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS DUE TO SUCH UGLY EXPERIENCE THAT WE RESOLVED TO SACKED HIM FOR NOT KEEPING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS OFFICE.

PURSUANT TO THE INSTRUCTION OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF BENIN REPUBLIC , YOUR FUND WHICH WAS LEGITIMATELY ACQUIRED FROM BENIN GOVERNMENT SHALL BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY TO THIS WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE AS SOON AS YOU OBTAIN THE FUND RELEASE ORDER CERTIFICATE WHICH WILL COST YOU THE SUM OF $59.00 ONLY AND THE DOCUMENT WILL BE ISSUED FOLLOWING YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT.

SO CONFIRM YOUR FULL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO FACILITATE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR FUND
IMMEDIATELY. USE THIS PAYMENT INFORMATION VIA MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION.

1. RECEIVER NAME:......PIUS NWABU
2. COUNTRY: ......BENIN REPUBLIC.
3.CITY:..........COTONOU
4. QUESTION:......WHEN
5. ANSWER:........NOW
6. AMOUNT: ......US$59.00

I AM HERE GIVING YOUR GUARANTEE AND ALSO 100 % ASSURANCE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL PAY AND AFTER YOU PAY IT YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FUND IMMEDIATELY. I WILL BE WAITING RIGHT TO HAVE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THIS NEEDED CERTIFICATE AND TRANSFER YOUR FUND IMMEDIATELY.
THANKS,
BEST REGARDS,
REV.DR.CHRIST EMMERSON,

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31st October 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 31st October 2017, telephone number +22995995280 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Nelson Ude using email address westernoffice400@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

2nd July 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 2nd July 2017, telephone number +22995995280 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be John F. Kelly using email address homelandsecuritydepartment@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.

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

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