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Telephone number +22998862778 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:

6th August 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 6th August 2018, telephone number +22998862778 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Kent Paul using email address western.union1157@outlook.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.
Hello,

This is the second email we are sending you now after two weeks, if you get this one, I write to inform you that we have already sent you $5,000.00 through our Western Union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment of $2.5MUSD via Western Union by the United Nations. This is because United Nations are supporting individuals due to the worldwide economy meltdown..

So, I decided to email you the MTCN and sender name, so you can pick up this first $5,000.00 USD to enable us send another $5,000.00 by tomorrow as you know, we will be sending you only $5,000.00 per day after the first payment.

Please pick up this information and run to any Western Union in your country to pick up the $5,000.00 USD and call me back to send you another payment tomorrow.

Information's to pick up the money

*MTCN: 859-638-0981
*First Name: John
*Last Name: Lee
*Amount: $5,000

To check the status of your transfer via website, click below: https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/order ... try=global I am waiting for your call once you pick up this USD $5,000. Please email me your direct telephone number because I need to be calling you once we send any payment for the information.

If there is any mistake kindly reconfirm your details by providing the following data
to enable me resend you the payment immediately:

Name.................................
Address.................................
Phone Number...........................
Country.........................................

Thanks.
Mr. Kent Paul
E-mail:( western.union1157@outlook.com )
+229 988 627 78

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11th June 2016 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 11th June 2016, telephone number +22998862778 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Money-gram using email address moneygram00137@yahoo.co.uk 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

21st May 2016 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 21st May 2016, telephone number +22998862778 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Johnson Udo using email address dhlexpressdelivery94@yahoo.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

30th March 2016 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 30th March 2016, telephone number +22998862778 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Johnson Udo working as Director General for DHL using email address dhlexpressd846@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 our forum

19th May 2015 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 19th May 2015, telephone number +22998862778 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Johnson Udo using email address dhlexpress_d@yahoo.com.tw 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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