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Info on the number +229991171961

Telephone number +229991171961 is a number from Benin. The area code is 99. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider Globacom Ltd.

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
Original Provider: Globacom Ltd
Validity: Benin phone numbers should be 11 digits in length including the country code.The number you searched for is 12 digits long.

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

11th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 11th February 2018, telephone number +229991171961 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Rev Ewele working as Director General for UPS Delivery Company using email address ups_deliverycompany@ymail.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 beneficiary

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank
Draft but did not hear from you since that time. I went to the bank to
confirm whether the draft is getting close to expire and the director of
the bank told me that before the draft will get to your address that it
will expire. Then I told him to help me and cash the cashier bank draft of
($ 15.5 million) , Us Dollars to cash payment.

We have cashed your draft/cheque worth ($15 .5million) U.S.D your overdue
payments, due to the expiry. The money has been packaged and sealed with
UPS label on Trunk Box to ensure the safety of the content and deposited
with shipment of UPS courier service to deliver to you to avoid another
hoax as you were disappointed in the past. So you’re requested to contact
the UPS with your delivery address and your telephone numbers for the
delivery of your package contain $15.5 million U.S.D. Below is their
contact information.

But remember that the delivery charge has been paid but I did not pay
their official keeping fees since they refused. Because, the Reasons they
refusal is that they do not know when you will contact them. So try and
contact them immediately to avoid delay with the bellow information's. And
ask them the amount of t he security keeping fee. And don't hesitate to
comply with them.

Rev Ewele; Director General
UPS Delivery Company Benin Republic.
Contact E-mail address :(ups_deliverycompany@ymail.com)
Tel Fax Phone +229-991-171-961
Here is the information needed to deliver your package box.
1)Your Full Name_____
2)Your Home Address_____
3)Your Occupation____
4)Your Telephone Number______
5)A Copy Of Your Picture____
6)Your Country_____
7)Your Closet Airport_______

Always remember to address the box as church evangelism Items because the
Courier Company does not know the really content of the package. Leta me
know once you receive the package so that we can Share the joy together.
Your's Sincerely
Dr Chukwu Emma,
National Coordinator Foreign Payment.

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

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This number could also be written in the following formats

229991171961 +229991171961 00229991171961 011229991171961 0011229991171961
010229991171961 09991171961