(319) 551-8046

This number was used through social media to represent a celebrity’s personal account for friends and family. The person is trying to extort money from the people they are speaking to and behaving su****iously. It is most likely a scam number and is****ociated with the Instagram account _real__benbarnes. They are trying to target the fans of the actor Ben Barnes to take advantage of them financially and emotionally. The person masquerades as the actor rea****g out to fans. They then proceeded to provide facts about the actor that can easily be researched online and tries to appeal to people’s emotions to obtain funds from them for charitable donation for the charities that the actor supports. It is also linked to this e-mail account/PayPal for transactions [email protected]. This has been reported to PayPal. The person also tries to obtain large sums of money for a court case to ‘save’ the actor’s career. This is likely a total scam, considering it is not Ben Barnes’ official social media accounts and the actor is known to be quite successful in his career. The person also tries to get you to download the Viber app to use to communicate with you more securely, stating that they will not be on Instagram much longer. The phone number is****ociated with that account. They also provide a photo of the actor that is not easily found online, as part of their plot to prove their iden***y. They also use images from Ben’s official Instagram account and link to his newly released music on their Instagram page, phrasing things the way Ben has them posted in his official social media accounts.