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Info on the number +233542839998

Telephone number +233542839998 is a number from Ghana. The area code is 54. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider MTN.

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: 233
Country Name: Ghana
Type: Mobile
Original Provider: MTN
Validity: The number is the correct length for a Ghanaian phone number.

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

9th November 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 9th November 2018, telephone number +233542839998 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Unnamed Scammer using email address vicepresidentmahamudubawumia15@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.
ATTENTION MY FRIEND,
AS THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA, IT IS MY OBLIGATION TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR
CONSIGNMENTS GETS THEM IN MY REGIME, I WAS TOLD THAT YOU HAVE SPENT LOTS OF
MONEY TO SCAMMERS BUT ALL TO NO AVAIL. TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT I INTEND
TO GET YOUR CONSIGNMENT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MY
ASSISTANTS AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO SEND IT VIA FEDEX AND IT WILL BE
DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THE LOCATION YOU WILL GIVE TO ME. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO
PAY A SUM OF 300 DOLLARS AND SIGN A LEGAL DOCUMENT BEFORE IT CAN BE
RELEASED BUT NOT TO WORRY I GOT IT COVERED. JUST AS A COMPENSATION OF YOUR
PAST EXPERIENCE. AS IT STANDS ALL I WILL BE NEEDING YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS
TO PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS, THE FULL NAME ON YOUR IDENTITY CARD/PASSPORT AND
THE FEE FOR SENDING IT TO YOU. AS I WAS TOLD, IT COSTS ONLY $150 US
DOLLARS. I KNOW YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DOUBT MY ORIGINALITY DUE TO YOUR
PAST EXPERIENCES WITH THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT,
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CLERIFY, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH ME ON MY
PRIVATE NUMBER +233542839998.
I'LL BE HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU ASAP.
5TH VICE PRESIDENT, 4TH REPUBLIC OF GHANA PRIVATE
EMAIL - vicepresidentmahamudubawumia15@gmail.com PRIVATE NUMBER -
+233542839998

Further details of this report can be found on our 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

233542839998 +233542839998 00233542839998 011233542839998 0011233542839998
010233542839998 233 54 2839998 233 542839998 233-542-839-998 233 54 283 9998
233-5428 39998 +233 54 2839998 +233 542839998 +233-542-839-998 +233 54 283 9998
+233-5428 39998 00233 54 2839998 00233 542839998 00233-542-839-998 00233 54 283 9998
00233-5428 39998 011233 54 2839998 011233 542839998 011233-542-839-998 011233 54 283 9998
011233-5428 39998 0011233 54 2839998 0011233 542839998 0011233-542-839-998 0011233 54 283 9998
0011233-5428 39998 010233 54 2839998 010233 542839998 010233-542-839-998 010233 54 283 9998
010233-5428 39998