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Info on the number +22998078883

Telephone number +22998078883 is a number from Benin. The area code is 98. 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:

19th July 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 19th July 2018, telephone number +22998078883 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. Morris Hill using email address fedexservice.company36@yahoo.com.hk 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!!!
I have been waiting for you to come down here and pick your $980,000.00USD Dollars but I did not hear from you. Then I went and deposited the $980,000.00USD Dollars, as a consignment box in FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN BRANCH. Because I am traveling to Dubai and i will not come back till next month end.
I want you to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN BRANCH, to know when they will deliver your consignment box to you. Please i want to let you know that only the director knows the content and no body else knows about this only DR.MORRIS HILL the director So please waste no time in contacting them with the below information. I have paid for the delivery fee so the only money you have to send to them now is their security keeping fee of your consignment about $150.00 Please i will advice you to be friendly with DR.MORRIS HILL the director because he alone have the idea of the content of your consignment.

But i want to let you know that i did not give him the key of the box so please take note that as soon as they deliver the consignment use this(CODE NUMBERS TO OPEN THE THREE BOXES TO KNOW IF THE $980,000.00USD IS INTACT AND COMPLETE).THE FIRST BOX CODE ( 0036589 )THE SECOND BOX CODE ( 0014759 )THE THIRD BOX CODE ( 4475855 ) AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS CODE NUMBERS CONFIDENTIAL IN YOUR HOME, SO THAT ANOTHER PERSON WILL NOT GET USE TO THE CODE, MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. CONTACT PERSON;DR.MORRIS HILL,
DIRECTOR FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN BRANCH.
CONTACT PHONE/­+229-98078883 E-mail:(fedexservice.compan­y36@yahoo.com.hk)
(website http://www.fedex.com)
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security keeping fee I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in delivery, reconfirm below information to the company immediately and tell them to send you the airway bill receipt as soon as you send them the security fee.I would have paid the security fee for you but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them so please they are waiting for you to contact them with your information to avoid mistake in delivery. And let them know also that they should waste no time in sending the tracking number of your consignment so that you can be able to track it and know when it will arrive your Your Full Name________________­___________
Your Address_____________­_________
Home telephone___________­_________
Office telephone___________­_______
country.____________­_____
Your picture_____________­_____
occupation__________­_________________
Let me know as soon as you receive your consignment, and check the content to know if the total sum of $900,000.00USD Dollars united states dollars is complete. Please always call them to know the condition of these three boxes because you know the content so please let it be very important to you so try and do everything possible to make sure that this three boxes gets to your home with out any delay.
Warmest Regards
MR.frankwillam

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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01022998078883 229 98 07 88 83 229 980 788 83 229 9807 8883 229 98078883
229-98078883 229-9807-8883 229 980 78 883 +229 98 07 88 83 +229 980 788 83
+229 9807 8883 +229 98078883 +229-98078883 +229-9807-8883 +229 980 78 883
00229 98 07 88 83 00229 980 788 83 00229 9807 8883 00229 98078883 00229-98078883
00229-9807-8883 00229 980 78 883 011229 98 07 88 83 011229 980 788 83 011229 9807 8883
011229 98078883 011229-98078883 011229-9807-8883 011229 980 78 883 0011229 98 07 88 83
0011229 980 788 83 0011229 9807 8883 0011229 98078883 0011229-98078883 0011229-9807-8883
0011229 980 78 883 010229 98 07 88 83 010229 980 788 83 010229 9807 8883 010229 98078883
010229-98078883 010229-9807-8883 010229 980 78 883 (+229) 9807 8883