"Pretended to be from id mobile. Gaining personal details"
3 mobile calls
81 community reports tagged 3 mobile across 75 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged 3 mobile are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 0.9 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 65% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
95% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone).
Numbers used
Reports tagged 3 mobile cover 75 different numbers. 1 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 56 · 69%
- Suspicious 21 · 26%
- Unknown 4 · 5%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone)
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 17
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 53
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Evening 6pm to 12am 11
Latest reports
"Claim to be 3 network"
"says they're from 3 and wants to send a new "replacement SIMM" ,,.. yeah right !!!"
"Said about my SIM card Claimed to be from my network said this is not Three mobiles number i"
"Claiming to be from THREE - it was a scam. Has caused untold hassle to sort everything out. Had ALL personal details including bank!!!"
"Looked scam, she sounded pure Indian. So much of back noise, scam centre, could hear scams going on. She said she is calling from 3 network and 3 is losing their customers due to poor network and so are offering 45% discount on bills for 12 months. I got to know total scam from Indian Call Centre. She got to know I become suspicious of her call so she disconnected the call immediately, High alert!!"
"Said he was from 3 network. I told him my name is not on 3 lists because I complained about calls. The Asian man's reply was F___ YOU, MOTHER F___ER."
"Foreign accent, couldn't make out what he was saying. Seemed to be calling from 3"
"Firstly claimed to be from Sky. When I said I was not a Sky customer, then asked me if I was a Three customer. I told them I was on the TPS list and they could get fined up to £5000 for calling me. The individual then said "Oh, what can we do now, I can't afford that". Notice he said "I can't afford that", not "We can't", as you might expect a company employee to say. Definately some kind of scam but at that point I hung up."
"Claimed to be from my network 3 but I am with sky network stated my number will be blocked if I don't take action"
"They claimed to be from a company 3 and they are trying to scam people by getting their card details"
"Said they were calling from 3 Mobile giving a free sim card upgrade"
"Claims to be from 3 Mobile offering a free sim card update"
"Scam call saying they were my mobile network provider from three.... im not even a customer, they had no idea who i was but said they could lower my call charges.... blatent scam"
"Scam caller saying they were calling from Three. It seemed dodgy right away, saying they would lower my bill, but then they wanted my details, which I think is to steal stuff. I REPORTED it TO THREE"
"Said they were from 3. They said they would stop my phone number in 3 days."
"Said they were from 3 network"
"They claimed to be from a company (Vodaphone and 3)"
"Would not take no for an answer he said he was going to disconnect my number he said he was from 3 and they are sending me a new sim card as vodaphone no longer is that and am not with vodaphone so I new it was a scam"
"Called multiple times - They purported to be from Three (3) mobile and promised me a new sim card at a better rate. Also asked for a credit card number to charge a refundable £0.01p. I was duped. Cancelled credit card and Three (3) mobile picked up as a fraud as the scammer ordered anew phone on my account."
"They claimed to be from 3 mobile, claimed to be sending a replacement sim but hung up as soon as I asked for clarification"
"Called me today at 1.00pm saying they were from 3 mobile. This is the second time they’ve phoned me. They knew my personal info and then wanted to transfer me to their senior colleague. They were asking questions that they should have known if they were the provider."
"pretending to be from 3 network lol I'm not with 3"
"Said they were from 3 network. wanted me to switch to them but had to go through a spiel first."