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Info on the number +22998120960

Telephone number +22998120960 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:

23rd May 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 23rd May 2018, telephone number +22998120960 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Steve Grant using email address unitedbnofafrica@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.
Avenue Jean-Paul II - 08 BP 0879 - Cotonou - Bénin
Swift. Description: Head Offie Cotonou. 21
Regional Branches. 1 Business Center.
Phone:(229)98120960
Fax:(229)98120960

Phone No: +229-98120960

This is to notify you that we have arranged your payment of $45.5
Million USD through swift card payment centre Asia pacific, this card
centre will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your
money in any ATM machine in any part of the world at the maximum rate
of $5,000.00 us dollars (five Thousand United State Dollars) per day.
Therefore do not hesitate to contact United Bank For Africa {UBA Bank
Plc} and also re-confirm the following information as listed below:

1.YOUR FULL NAME: __________________
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS: _________
3.YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER: __________
4.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE: _________
5.YOUR COUNTRY: _____________
6.AGE AND SEX: _________

MR STEVE GRANT CUSTOMER SERVICES DEPT ATM CARD INTERNATIONAL
SETTLEMENT,DEPARTMENT UBA BANK PLC.
Direct line: +229-98120960

The Bank has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to
stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s)
to avoid any hitches in receiving your ATM Card. Note that because of
impostors, The Bank also issued you their code of conduct, which is
(1488) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the ATM card
centre by using it as your subject.

Yours in Service.
MR STEVE GRANT, ATM CARD Manager
United Bank for Africa Republique du Benin
Telephone no: +229-98120960

INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT ATM UBA BANK

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

28th November 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 28th November 2017, telephone number +22998120960 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Steve Grant using email address unitedbank125@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.

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

11th March 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 11th March 2017, telephone number +22998120960 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Steve Grant using email address unitedbnofafrica@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.

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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229-98120960 229-9812-0960 229 981 20 960 +229 98 12 09 60 +229 981 209 60
+229 9812 0960 +229 98120960 +229-98120960 +229-9812-0960 +229 981 20 960
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