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Telephone number +22998842246 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:

1st December 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 1st December 2017, telephone number +22998842246 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Franklin Barnard using email address mtransfer9@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.
UBA BANK HEAD OFFICE
741 Rue des Francisains Adidogome
Benin Republic / Lome broade
P.O Box 9263

Hello Dear Customer,

Greetings, am very sorry for taken too much of your time at this moment but please try to understand and bear with me as soon as you go through this urgent message, since this is not the first i am sending you this message, please know that the only thing left for you to do now is to pay the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order of $125.00USD which is the only charges you will be ask to pay .I am very sorry for all the problem that you have passed through because of this your belong payment of which you failed till now,

I will guarantee you 100% sure that you will not pay any more money after you send this fee because you will pick up your first payment within 45 minutes after receiving the last fee from you and I will be the cost of the fee if it is any other fee but I believer that no any fee we will ask you to pay again I am makes sure that I must put smile on your face next week I am waiting for your payment because this transaction has taken so long and I don't want you to lose this fund at the end This are your funds which is already in our system to transfer to you and it will be release to you as soon as you pay the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order fees of $125.00USD. That is only payment from your side.

This is your (1) Ref-control number of $5,000.00 USD:
Sender Name:======== Franklin Barnard
Ref Number:===========5109=3455
Amount:==============$5,000.00USD
Question:=============Paid to ?
Answer:================Received

For us to give you the complete information's is for you to send the requested fees/charges to our cashier directly and send it only money gram

Receiver Name:________ DAN IBE
Receiver Country:_____Benin Republic
City:_______Porto-Novo
address--------- 45 Lome broade Cotonou
Question:______GOD?
Answer:___IS GOOD
Amount:__$125.00USD
MTCN---------------
SENDER NAME------------

We assure you that as soon as you send the $125.00USD via or Money-Gram your funds will automatically release to you before 45 min's time just let me know once you send the money by calling the number below, so I hope to hear from you soonest to precede your transfer immediately

Your's Sincerely,
Mr. Franklin Barnard
Tel: +229 98842246
Managing Director (Foreign Dept)
UBA Bank Money-Gram Office,
Money Transfer.E-mail(mtransfer9@gmail.com)or
(mtransfer9@hotmail.com)
Ordered by the High Court Benin

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

1st December 2017 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 1st December 2017, telephone number +22998842246 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Franklin Barnard using email address mtransfer9@hotmail.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.
UBA BANK HEAD OFFICE
741 Rue des Francisains Adidogome
Benin Republic / Lome broade
P.O Box 9263

Hello Dear Customer,

Greetings, am very sorry for taken too much of your time at this moment but please try to understand and bear with me as soon as you go through this urgent message, since this is not the first i am sending you this message, please know that the only thing left for you to do now is to pay the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order of $125.00USD which is the only charges you will be ask to pay .I am very sorry for all the problem that you have passed through because of this your belong payment of which you failed till now,

I will guarantee you 100% sure that you will not pay any more money after you send this fee because you will pick up your first payment within 45 minutes after receiving the last fee from you and I will be the cost of the fee if it is any other fee but I believer that no any fee we will ask you to pay again I am makes sure that I must put smile on your face next week I am waiting for your payment because this transaction has taken so long and I don't want you to lose this fund at the end This are your funds which is already in our system to transfer to you and it will be release to you as soon as you pay the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order fees of $125.00USD. That is only payment from your side.

This is your (1) Ref-control number of $5,000.00 USD:
Sender Name:======== Franklin Barnard
Ref Number:===========5109=3455
Amount:==============$5,000.00USD
Question:=============Paid to ?
Answer:================Received

For us to give you the complete information's is for you to send the requested fees/charges to our cashier directly and send it only money gram

Receiver Name:________ DAN IBE
Receiver Country:_____Benin Republic
City:_______Porto-Novo
address--------- 45 Lome broade Cotonou
Question:______GOD?
Answer:___IS GOOD
Amount:__$125.00USD
MTCN---------------
SENDER NAME------------

We assure you that as soon as you send the $125.00USD via or Money-Gram your funds will automatically release to you before 45 min's time just let me know once you send the money by calling the number below, so I hope to hear from you soonest to precede your transfer immediately

Your's Sincerely,
Mr. Franklin Barnard
Tel: +229 98842246
Managing Director (Foreign Dept)
UBA Bank Money-Gram Office,
Money Transfer.E-mail(mtransfer9@gmail.com)or
(mtransfer9@hotmail.com)
Ordered by the High Court Benin

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

26th July 2015 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 26th July 2015, telephone number +22998842246 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be DHL using email address churngkao@hotmail.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

20th January 2015 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 20th January 2015, telephone number +22998842246 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Sunny Robert using email address courtclark77@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.

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