ScamNumbers.info - Dishing the dirt on phone numbers.

Info on the number +22998087139

Telephone number +22998087139 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.

Share this page

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

26th December 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 26th December 2017, telephone number +22998087139 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Charles Okafor working for UBA Bank using email address ubabank932@yahoo.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 Beneficiary,

This information is exclusively reaching you from UBA BANK, Benin Republic concerning the delivery of your nominative check which has been with out

diplomatic agent in Countryside, Illinois USA. With urgent attention you have to respond to us or contact the agent via below number to enable him deliver

the check to you right on your door step before the check could expire: +1 (508) 266-9417, call or text him now demanding to have your check worth Four

Millions Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds.

Though, before contacting the agent you have to send a sum of $65 usd only to us to the below information to enable us renew, resign and stamp all the

necessary papers that could be provided to the Homeland Securities to allow him proceed to your house with the check without any kind of hindrances or delays

in the Airport there.


This transaction has to be attended to between today Monday the 25th of December 2017 and Friday the 29th of December 2017 to avoid the expiration of the

check in the hands of the agent before it's arrival to your house. The information is as below:

First name: Martins
Last name: Ikem
Country: Benin Republic
City: Cotonou
Amounts: $65 usd only

The fee has to be sent through Western Union only, once you got it sent kindly send us the payment information in details to avoid mistakes. Good luck and

hoping to hearing from you sooner considering the urgency of the delivery. Remember, this transaction is approved by the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Benin

Republic and reconfirmed by the TD BANK and BANK OF AMERICA all in the United States; for confirmation contact them on the email below respectively:

m.offoreignaffirs@hotmail.com, tdbankc@aol.com, tdbankc_centre@yahoo.com and bankofamerica_office@yahoo.com.


REGARDS:
Management
Tel: +229 98 08 71 39
Dir. Charles Okafor.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

4th May 2016 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 4th May 2016, telephone number +22998087139 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Muna Harrison using email address westernunionofficeonline@yahoo.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.

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com 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

22998087139 +22998087139 0022998087139 01122998087139 001122998087139
01022998087139 229 98 08 71 39 229 980 871 39 229 9808 7139 229 98087139
229-98087139 229-9808-7139 229 980 87 139 +229 98 08 71 39 +229 980 871 39
+229 9808 7139 +229 98087139 +229-98087139 +229-9808-7139 +229 980 87 139
00229 98 08 71 39 00229 980 871 39 00229 9808 7139 00229 98087139 00229-98087139
00229-9808-7139 00229 980 87 139 011229 98 08 71 39 011229 980 871 39 011229 9808 7139
011229 98087139 011229-98087139 011229-9808-7139 011229 980 87 139 0011229 98 08 71 39
0011229 980 871 39 0011229 9808 7139 0011229 98087139 0011229-98087139 0011229-9808-7139
0011229 980 87 139 010229 98 08 71 39 010229 980 871 39 010229 9808 7139 010229 98087139
010229-98087139 010229-9808-7139 010229 980 87 139 (+229) 9808 7139