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Telephone number +22961713724 is a number from Benin. The number is designated as being used for Mobile (Assumed) telephones.

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Here is some general information about the number.

Country Code: 229
Country Name: Benin
Type: Mobile (Assumed)
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:

29th November 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 29th November 2018, telephone number +22961713724 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Patrice Talon using email address patricetalon797@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.
OFFICE OF PRESIDENT DR.PATRICE TALON, PRESIDENT &COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN

ATTENTION:DEAR PETER CHOWDHURY,

I AM WRITING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED IN THE BANK’S TELEX ROOM FOR IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRING YOUR FUNDS INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TODAY BUT THE BANK NEED INSURANCE COVERAGE FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH WILL COST YOU ONLY $345 FOR THE BANK TO OBTAIN THE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR TRANSFER BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN TRANSFER SUCH HUGE AMOUNT $10.5MILLION WITHOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE BUT I HAVE DEPOSITED $300 WITH THEM TO START THE PROCESSING SO YOU HAVE TO SEND THE BALANCE OF $45 IMMEDIATELY YOU FINISH READING THIS E-MAIL TO COMPLETE THE INSURANCE FEES OF $345 TO ENABLE THE BANK TO OBTAIN THE INSURANCE COVERAGE CERTIFICATE TO WIRE YOUR FUNDS TO HIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHIN 24HOURS.

THEREFORE, YOU HAVE TO SEND THE REMAINING $45 FOR THE INSURANCE COVERAGE FEE IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS E-MAIL AND FORWARD THE MTCN FOR CONFIRMATION AS OTHER DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAITING FOR THE INSURANCE COVERAGE FEE FOR YOUR WIRE TRANSFER TO COMMENCE TODAY AND HIT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

ONCE AGAIN NOTE THE BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS AS STATED BELOW WAS FORWARD BY MR. LARRY O. BUSBY TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SO LET US KNOW AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS E-MAIL IF YOU AUTHORIZED THE BELOW ACCOUNT DETAILS TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT IF NOT THEN FORWARD YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS WITH YOUR ID IMMEDIATELY AND SEND THE $45 SO THAT YOUR FUNDS WILL BE WIRE INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION WITHIN 24HOURS.

BANK NAME: CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
ADDRESS: 1725 SULLIVAN DRIVE : BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA 70427
ACCOUNT NAME: LARRY O. BUSBY
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 16509551604
ROUTING NUMBER: 265270138

MAKE SURE YOU SEND THE $45 TODAY BECAUSE I WILL BE IN THE BANK TO ENSURE THAT YOUR WIRE TRANSFER COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY YOU SEND THE REMAINING $45 FOR THE INSURANCE COVERAGE FEE AND I WILL FORWARD THE TELEX COPY TO YOU FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION.

USE THIS INFORMATION TO SEND THE $45.00 THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM IMMEDIATELY AND GET BACK TO ME WITH THE PAYMENT INFO’S.

RECEIVER NAME: PIONER EKWEMO
COUNTRY: BENIN
CITY: COTONOU
QUESTION: GOOD
ANSWER: GOD
MTCN#………..?
SENDER NAME…

I ANTICIPATE YOUR URGENT ACTION ON THIS TO FINALIZE THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND ONCE AND FOR ALL. CONTACT ME VIA: (patricetalon797@gmail.com)

REGARDS,

MR. MIKE ABAKU.
PAYMENT DIRECTOR ON THE
ORDER OF THE PRESIDENCY.
MY DIRECT LINE; +229-6171-3724

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16th February 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 16th February 2018, telephone number +22961713724 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Robert L Johnson using email address moneygramwiretransfer@hotmail.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.
FROM OFFICE OF THE MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER. ( moneygramwiretransfer@hotmail.com ) website... www.moneygram.com MONEYGRAM Welcome to MoneyGram: FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER MONEY GRAM INT'L. OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC . RUE BPH141 KINGSTON AVENUE COTONOU BENIN .OUR REF: MT89TQ GOOD DAY TO YOU. I AM EMAILING YOU SEQUEL TO YOUR LAST E-MAIL, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT TRYING TO OFFENDED YOU IN ANYWHERE, BUT ONLY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FOLLOW THE NORMAL PROCESS IN GETTING YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT THROUGH OUR OFFICE AS YOU MUST KNOW THAT I AM A MONEYGRAM AGENT AND ALSO THE GOVERNMENT INC.COMPANY. YOUR AWARDED FUND, THE TOTAL SUM OF $10.000.000.00 USD WHICH WAS INSTRUCTED THIS OFFICE TO BE PAID TO YOU THROUGH ATM CARD ,BUT WE CAN NO LONGER COMPLETE THE PAYMENT THROUGH ATM CARD DUE TO THE PROBLEM OUR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT IS HAVING WITH WORLD BANK SO YOUR PAYMENT WAS MOVED TO OUR CUSTODY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO YOU VIA MONEYGRAM DAILY TRANSFER. NOTE:YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE SUM OF $59 USD BEFORE THIS MONEY GRAM OPERATING BRANCH CAN COMMENCE TO RECONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT FILE AND IT WILL SERVE AS THE COST OF SIGNING YOUR PAYMENT FILE TO ENABLE US SEND YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF $10,000.000 USD BY PAYING YOU $2.500 TWICE DAILY AS IT IS ALLOWED TO SEND ONLY $2,500 PER TRANSFER,YOU ARE HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO GET BACK TO THIS NOBLE OFFICE WITH THE REQUIRED FEE. I AM TRUST WORTHY PERSON AND WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR FIRST PAYMENT MUST DEFINITELY GET TO YOUR HANDS AS SOON YOU SEND THE (USD$59) TODAY. YOU ARE TO ANSWER THIS LITTLE TEXT TO CONFIRM THAT WE ARE HANDLING YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT ACCORDING TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION.PLEASE YOU ARE EXPECTED TO REPLY BACK TO THIS MONEYGRAM OFFICE SO THAT WE PROCEED AHEAD AND COMMENCE YOUR PAYMENT ONCE YOU RECONFIRM YOUR PERSONAL FILE AS LISTED BELOW AND SEND THE REQUESTED FEE OF $59USD TODAY WITH THE INSTRUCTION BELOW. FULL NAME....................... PHONE......................... ........ HOME ADDRESS.............. COUNTRY.......................... CITY..................................... SECRET QUESTION....... ANSWER............................. USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO SEND THE MANDATORY REQUIRE FEE TOTAL SUM OF $59.00 VIA MONEYGRAM TO ENABLE US PICK IT FROM OUR DEPARTMENT HERE AND RECONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT FILE APPROVAL FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND COMMERCE YOUR DAILY PAYMENT OF $2,500.00 TWICE A DAY. RECEIVER NAME:::::::::::: ANDY JOE COUNTRY::::::::::::::::::::: BENIN REPUBLIC . CITY:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: COTONOU . TEST QUESTION::::::::::::WHEN ANSWER:::::::::::::::::::::::24 HOURS AMOUNT:::::::::::::::::::::::$59. 00 USD. SENDER NAME::::::::::::::::::::: MTCN NUMBER::::::::::::::::::::: AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVED THIS EMAIL, KINDLY COMPLY WITH THIS INSTRUCTIONS AND BE REST ASSURE THAT YOUR PAYMENT WILL COMMERCE IMMEDIATELY BY THIS OFFICE ONCE WE CONCLUDE RECONFIRMING YOUR PAYMENT FILE FROM THE RIGHT OFFICE,WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND IMAGE OF THIS MONEY GRAM. YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT DELAYING CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND MAY COURSE YOU MISFORTUNE IN RECEIVING YOUR FUND,YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER .SINCE THIS OFFICE IS MAKING ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT TO BE SURE THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEEN COMMENCE ONCE WE CONFIRM THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AND INFORMATION. YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD TO SEND US THAT REQUIRED (59.00 USD) AND BE REST ASSURED THAT WITHIN 24HOURS YOUR MONEY WILL BE CONFIRMED TO YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU WILL CASH IT FROM ANY OF OUR CORRESPONDENT MONEY GRAM BRANCH THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY. BE RE-ASSURED OF THIS MONEY GRAM OFFICE INTEGRITY AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY. URGENT RESPOND IS NEEDED FROM YOU CALL OR SMS MESSAGE. THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONAGE,YOURS SINCERELY, HONORABLE MR.ROBERT L. JOHNSON CONTACT E MAIL ( moneygramwiretransfer@hotmail.com ) TELL +229 61713724 FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER MONEYGRAM OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC ©2012 - 2016 MoneyGram. All rights reserved.

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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