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Info on the number +22998804969

Telephone number +22998804969 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:

13th December 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 13th December 2017, telephone number +22998804969 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Dr. John Micheal using email address westrnunion.headoffice@list.ru 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 Beneficiary,

We have deposited the check of your fund ($2.5 million USD) through Western Union department after our final meeting regarding your funds, All you have to do is to contact Western Union director Dr.JOHN MICHEAL via E-mail westrnunion.
headoffice@list.ru) He will give you directives on how you will be receiving the funds daily, remember to send him your Full information to avoid wrong transfer such as,
Receiver's Name_______________
Address: ________________
Country: _____________
Phone Number: _____________
occupation____________
age___________________
sex_____________

Though, he has sent $5,000 in your name today so contact him or you call him +229-9880-4969 as soon as you receive this email and tell him to give you Western Union Ref. pin number, sender name to pick the $5,000 only per day, and the only fee you have to send is $107 usd for the activation of your first payment to enable the transaction carry on without any delay again.

Best Regards.

Mrs. ALICE WILLIAMS
Managing Director
UBA Bank, Porto-Novo.

Further details of this report can be found on our forum

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