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Info on the number +22999877748

Telephone number +22999877748 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:

14th January 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 14th January 2018, telephone number +22999877748 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Ben James working as Executive Director for DHL using email address iambenjames@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.

Here is the email that the scammer sent to his victims.
DHL HEAD OFFICE, 24 RUE DUE AKPAKPA COTONOU REPUBLIC DU BENIN.

Good day sir/madam

I am the DHL executive director Mr. Ben James in Benin Republic, i am hereby to inform you that your ATM MASTER CARD worth of $20,000.00 USD (TWENTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in it, is in process to be delivered to you.
Your ATM MASTER CARD was sent by Dr.Patrice Taylor the president of Benin Republic, he pick out seven emails from an exclusive list of 15,000 e-mail addresses every year because of the crisis and fraudulent act we have been hearing from our country. Your email address was selected to receive this ATM MASTER CARD and your card is been processed to be delivered to your country/home address but due to some mixed up information and errors we lost your information so you are advised to reconfirm your full information/details below so your delivery can be processed properly and your will be directed how to receive it.

1. FULL NAME:
2. FULL ADDRESS:
3. DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:
4. OCCUPATION:
5. DATE OF BIRTH:
6. GENDER:
7. A COPY OF YOUR ID CARD

NOTE: The secret number of your ATM card is (2224) as it has been approved by the government, You can withdraw from the ATM card $5,000 USD in any ATM machine closer to you per day and you can also do transfer with the card.
For more information please contact me on my email and phone number below.

Email: iambenjames@yahoo.com Phone Number: +229 9987-7748

I will be waiting for your vital response.
You’re in service

Mr. Ben James
DHL Executive director

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.

This number could also be written in the following formats

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