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Info on the number +22960971493

Telephone number +22960971493 is a number from Benin. The area code is 60. 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:

7th September 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 7th September 2018, telephone number +22960971493 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Peter Ben using email address peter.ben@aol.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 DEAR

YOUR PACKAGE ATM CARD HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH DHL COURIER COMPANY COTONOU BENIN DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING AND WE AGREED ON THAT THE DELIVERY OF YOUR $5.5M USD COMPENSATION FUND WILL BE TAKEN OFF FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING SO YOU ARE TO CONTACT MR PETER BEN WITH YOUR FULL INFOR SUCH AS

YOUR FULL NAME:.......
YOUR FULL ADDRESS:......
YOUR OCCUPATION:........
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:......
YOUR COUNTRY:.........
YOUR STATE:...........
YOUR CITY:...........
YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT:........
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:..........
SCAN COPY OF YOUR ID CARD:........

REGARDS
JOHN MORRIS
UBA BANK PLC ATM CENTER DEPARTMENT BENIN REPUBLIC
ADDRESS/ No# 1105 Scoji Express Road Cotonou Benin Republic.
Mobile Phone: +(229) 60971493
QUICK REPLY
TO: MR PETER BEN
VIA: CONTACT: +229_60_97_14_93
OR : EMAIL: peter.ben@aol.com

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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229-60971493 229-6097-1493 229 609 71 493 +229 60 97 14 93 +229 609 714 93
+229 6097 1493 +229 60971493 +229-60971493 +229-6097-1493 +229 609 71 493
00229 60 97 14 93 00229 609 714 93 00229 6097 1493 00229 60971493 00229-60971493
00229-6097-1493 00229 609 71 493 011229 60 97 14 93 011229 609 714 93 011229 6097 1493
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0011229 609 71 493 010229 60 97 14 93 010229 609 714 93 010229 6097 1493 010229 60971493
010229-60971493 010229-6097-1493 010229 609 71 493 (+229) 6097 1493