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Info on the number +22999166596

Telephone number +22999166596 is a number from Benin. The area code is 99. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider Globacom Ltd.

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
Original Provider: Globacom Ltd
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:

6th March 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 6th March 2018, telephone number +22999166596 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Don Bright using email address westernunion12124@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@
Send Money Worldwide
WEBSITE; http://www.westernunion.comE-MAIL:
westernunion12124@gmail.com
CUSTOMER CARE: westernunion12124@gmail.com
TEL: +229 991 66596

GREETING TO YOU, OUR VALUED CUSTOMER.

This is to officially inform you that you are very lucky to win our 2018 New year BONUS offer, however, the Western Union Head Office has paid 90% of your total fee which you were charged and suppose to pay before you pick up your first payment of $5,000.00 usd. So all you are to send right now is 10% which is $50 only. And you are expected to send it immediately as it is the only problem we have here right now.

And i can assure you that if you can send the remain 10% in the next 30 minutes or 1 hour that you will pick up your first $5,000.00 usd today. (MTCN 2138759098 AMOUNT $5,000.00 usd) and you can pick it up in any Western Union of your choice, once you send the $50 today.

Receiver's Name: JEROME ANIO
Country: BENIN REPUBLIC.
City: COTONOU.
Amount: $50 only.

Once again, dear lucky one, i want you to text the payment to this phone number (+229 69105686) immediately you send the $50 so we can get the alert. and you are expected to send it immediately so that you can pick your second payment as well, and i will look forward for the payment detail as soon as you receive this offer.

Thanks for your understanding,

Director Western Union Management,
Mr. Don Bright
Tel: +229 69105686

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