{{Rwanda National Police has urged phone owners to remain calm following threats contained in a text message being circulated claiming that if any subscriber answers a phone call with a code +229, they would instantly die.}}
The message which has circulated throughout the country has caused panic among unsuspecting phone users that have also forwarded the message to their friends and relatives causing more panic.
Several phone owners in the country began recieving a warning message Saturday asking them not to answer the +229 phone call because they would die instantly if they did.
However, Police has dismissed the text message threats and urged people to ignore it and continue with their daily activities.
Meanwhile the +229 is country code for Benin in west Africa (check map below)
Unconfirmed rumours being circulated subject to the mystery phone number +229 allege that dozens of people that answered the phone call in west Africa had died.
ACP Theos Badege the Police Spokesperson said, the message is being circulated by idle people intent on defaming other; “do not give value to such messages. Its conmen circulating them. No Rwandan should believe such messages”.
ACP Badege warned that if people behind these messages are arrested, they would be punished according to the law.
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