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Info on the number +22999216405

Telephone number +22999216405 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:

16th July 2020 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 16th July 2020, telephone number +22999216405 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be James Edward working as Managing Director for United Bank for Africa using email address jamesedword84@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.
Attn: Beneficiary.

I am Mr.James Edward Director United Bank for Africa, I wish to inform
you that your compensation fund of $4,800.000 which Word Bank award to
you have been Approved for onward to you through an ATM CARD after
our meeting with African Union Organization (AUO) which you will use
to withdraw all the US$4,800.000 in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in your
Country,But the maximum amount you can withdraw daily is the sum of US
$20,000 and your ATM CARD have been register with registration code
number (DCJKT00147G) please kindly Contact our ATM CARD Department
office with your full information for shipment of your ATM card
package.

YOUR FULLY NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
YOUR COUNTRY:
YOUR STATE:
YOUR CITY:
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER
COPY OF YOUR ID CARD:

Contact Person: Mr. James Edward
Director ATM CARD Department Office
phone number+229 99216405
E-mail:-jamesedword84@gmail.com

Best Regard.
Mr.James Edward
Managing Director
United Bank for Africa

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