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Info on the number +22999165085

Telephone number +22999165085 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: 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:

20th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 20th February 2018, telephone number +22999165085 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Paul Nkosi using email address mrpaulnkosi1@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.
My Dearest Friend,

This is to thank you for your past effort and kindly assistance. The
money has been transferred into an account provided by a newly found
business partner of mine from Sweden. I wish to compensate you for
your past assistance,effort and commitments that time to help me out.

I have arranged with Bank Of Africa and issued an ATM MASTER CARD
valid at US$1.500.000 for your compensation. I am in Switzerland right
now to establish some business and possibly buy some properties also.

So I want you to Contact my secretary in Benin Republic Mr.Paul Nkosi
on his information below, because I kept the ATM CARD with him to be
send to you as soon as you contact him,


Name;Mr.Paul Nkosi
Email address: (mrpaulnkosi1@gmail.com )
Phone Number: +229-99165085
NOTE : BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION YOU WILL SEND TO MY SECRETARY :
(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT CELLPHONE NUMBER

I left every instruction with him to send you the ATM MASTER CARD .as
soon as you contact him, so make sure you re-confirm your address and
Cell Phone Number to him to avoid any mistake on the delivery of your
ATM CARD to you. Then ask him to send the ATM CARD to you immediately
which you can use to withdraw your money at any ATM Machine in the
world.

With All My
Appreciation
Mr Denis Frank

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

19th December 2014 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 19th December 2014, telephone number +22999165085 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Gloria H Abraham using email address moneygram42@qq.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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