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Info on the number +22966185616

Telephone number +22966185616 is a number from Benin. The area code is 66. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider BĂ©ninCell.

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: BĂ©ninCell
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:

23rd October 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 23rd October 2018, telephone number +22966185616 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Tony Johnson Shedrack using email address revtonyy@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.
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA BENIN
AGBOKOU STREET, COTONOU
P.M.B. 0127, AGBOKOU, COTONOU

ATTN DEAR BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS REV TONY JOHNSON SHEDRACK, DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT,UNITED BANK
FOR AFRICA [UBA] THE ONLY BANK APPOINTED BY THE O.A.U MEMBERS LED BY
PRESIDENT JOHN KUFFOR. BECAUSE OF THE FRAUD GOING ON IN WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES
WHERE SOME INNOCENT BENEFICIARIES WERE ASK TO PAY IN ADVANCE BEFORE RECEIVE
THE MONEY OWED TO THEM. THE ABOVE AFRICA UNION HELD MEETING IN BENIN REPUBLIC
AND RESOLVE TO PAY ALL BENEFICIARIES IN CASH THROUGH MEANS OF DIPLOMATIC
COURIER SERVICE.

WE RECEIVED YOUR FILES FROM INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (I.M.F) AS ONE OF THE
BENEFICIARIES. TAKE NOTE; TEN THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS US$10,000) HAVE
BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR ALL EXPENSES IN SENDING THE MONEY TO YOU THROUGH GENUINE
DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE AND HOW IT WAS SPENT WILL BE DETAILS TO YOU.
THEREFORE, I WANT YOU TO BEAR IT IN MIND THAT YOUR TOTAL FUND WILL BE NO MORE
ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($11,500,000.00)
BUT ELEVEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS

IF ANY BODY TELLS YOU THAT HE IS PAYING YOU IN BANK DRAFT OR TELE-GRAPHIC
MONEY TRANSFER BOTH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM, DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM OR HER
BECAUSE DUE TO THIS FRAUD NO INTERNATIONAL BANK HONOURS OUR REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTION ANY MORE. THAT IS WHY WE SETTLED TO PAY IN CASH THROUGH COURIER
($11,490,000.00)WE ALSO RECEIVED A SECURITY REPORT THAT YOU PAID THE
FRAUDSTERS WHO HAVE BEEN DECEIVING YOU, TELLING YOU THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
SEND THIS MONEY TO YOU.DEAR, AS A SENIOR BANKER, CONTROLLING THIS CASH
PAYMENT NOW, I ADVISE YOU NOT TO WASTE YOUR MONEY

BY PAYING ANY BODY IN ADVANCE AGAIN, AND IF YOU JUST FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTION,
YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MONEY IN THREE DAYS TIME.YOUR FUND WILL NOW PACKAGE IN
BOX AND TAKE TO THE DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT, I WILL
ALSO SEND THE PICTURE OF THE BOX BY ATTACHMENT TO YOU TO SEE HOW THE MONEY IS
PACKED, I WILL SEND YOU MORE MAILS TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION WITH MY
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE GENUINE OF THIS TRANSACTION.
THEREFORE, DO FORWARD FULL NAME, YOUR HOME ADDRESS AND DIRECT PHONE NUMBER TO
ME FOR QUICK DELIVERY BECAUSE TIME IS NOT IN OUR SIDE. ALL THE DOCUMENTS WILL
BE SENT TO YOU IF I AM ASSURED THAT YOU HAVE STOPPED SENDING MONEY TO THAT
FRAUDSTER.

BUT GOD WILL SURELY JUDGE ALL OF THEM WHO LIVE BY CHEATING. MY BIBLE SAYS
WHAT IT PROFITS A MAN IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD BUT LOOSE YOUR SOUL, WHICH
IS NOTHING.

REV TONY JOHNSON SHEDRACK
DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
EMAIL:::::::(revtonyy@gmail.com)
CUSTOMER CARE SERVICE CALL +229 66=185=616

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This number could also be written in the following formats

22966185616 +22966185616 0022966185616 01122966185616 001122966185616
01022966185616 229 66 18 56 16 229 661 856 16 229 6618 5616 229 66185616
229-66185616 229-6618-5616 229 661 85 616 +229 66 18 56 16 +229 661 856 16
+229 6618 5616 +229 66185616 +229-66185616 +229-6618-5616 +229 661 85 616
00229 66 18 56 16 00229 661 856 16 00229 6618 5616 00229 66185616 00229-66185616
00229-6618-5616 00229 661 85 616 011229 66 18 56 16 011229 661 856 16 011229 6618 5616
011229 66185616 011229-66185616 011229-6618-5616 011229 661 85 616 0011229 66 18 56 16
0011229 661 856 16 0011229 6618 5616 0011229 66185616 0011229-66185616 0011229-6618-5616
0011229 661 85 616 010229 66 18 56 16 010229 661 856 16 010229 6618 5616 010229 66185616
010229-66185616 010229-6618-5616 010229 661 85 616 (+229) 6618 5616