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Telephone number +22998540795 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:

18th September 2023 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 18th September 2023, telephone number +22998540795 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Danny Thomas using email address wumtbj018@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.
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
BENIN PAY-OUT CENTER

Dear Western Union Beneficiary,

Your Payment Order is #: WUMT-*******635/2023

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

We wish to inform you that the United Nations (UN) has authorized us to remit to you a total amount of $900,000.00 USD (Nine hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This amount is to be paid to you because of the fact that you were selected as a beneficiary in the Last E-mail ballot promotion Held, by UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION. This Program is inline with the Social responsibility of the United Nations Organization, which is held once Every year to compensate those whose funds were held all over the world, especially in Africa, we wish to congratulate you formally.

The funds were paid out to us, by the United Nations, And they have succeeded in depositing the whole funds with us Here at Western Union Benin. They have now ordered us to take full Responsibility of the transfer process of your funds and thus commence the Immediate remittance of your funds to you. Be strongly informed that because Of our Western Union transfer policy, your funds will be paid to you via our Western Union Daily Transfer limit of $5000.00 USD. This means that you will Continuously receive a daily amount of $5000.00 USD from us, and this amount Can be collected from any of our numerous Western Union outlets in your Current location.

To begin receiving your daily payment as stated above, we need you to provide Us with; Your Full Name, Address, and Phone Number. Upon receipt of the Requested details, your first transaction will be activated by you, before we can proceed to provide you with the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) for the First installment and we will continue to email you others after 24 hours of Receiving each payment.

For more information on your payment status;

Reply this mail via ( wumtbj018@gmail.com )and also call our 24 hours Helpline on 00229-98540795 for any inquiries on the above message.

Yours truly,
Danny Thomas
For: United Nations/Western Union, BENIN REPUBLIC

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This number could also be written in the following formats

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+229 9854 0795 +229 98540795 +229-98540795 +229-9854-0795 +229 985 40 795
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