"it was an automated message telling me my national insurance no. had been compromised."
Automated payment alert calls
129 community reports tagged Automated payment alert across 125 numbers.
Recent activity
No new reports tagged Automated payment alert in the last 30 days. The most recent was on 20 July 2026.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 58% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
98% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Bank Impersonation Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Automated payment alert cover 125 different numbers.
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 65 · 51%
- Suspicious 61 · 48%
- Unknown 1 · 1%
- Safe 1 · 1%
Most common call type: Bank Impersonation Scam
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 38
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 74
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Evening 6pm to 12am 16
Latest reports
"Probably a scam call claiming to be from a fraud prevention team: "you are trying to make a payment of ยฃ780, the verification code is etc, press 1 if etc", likely a scam because it was at lunchtime to a landline and who has landlines these days but old people."
"Said it was a text from Santander (but I don't have an account) saying they had stopped a payment for ยฃ436.22."
"Automated/robocall - alleging my VISA card had been used with two deductions over ยฃ1,000, one to Amazon."
"Scam text from 07563810614 saying "Co-Operative Account: a scheduled transfer of ยฃ1564 has been set up successfully. If this wasn't you, call 02071268622". I blocked the sender as well."
"Automated recorded message saying a big payment on my account had just been made, and if I didn't make it, then to press 1 right away to talk to their team. No details about which account or who it was with."
"an automated call saying 2 payments were made from my card, one from Amazon and another I can't remember, then asked to press 1 to let the payments go through or press 2 to talk to someone."
"ยฃ37.80 at Uber Technologies Inc.. If you made all the payments above please reply Y, if there are any that you didn't make please reply N. Your Barclays Team. Banks depend on us to report sus activity, not the other way round. I haven't used Barclays since 2022."
"Called me about a ยฃ700 withdrawal and if I could verify it. The message was recorded and posh sounding, didn't say what bank and wanted me to press 1."
"Said there was a standing order coming out of my accountโฆ"
"Said ยฃ700 was about to be taken from bank account, press 1 to stop it."
"SMS scam saying a direct debit has been set up and asking to call this number if not recognised. Blocked."
"Automated call saying they were from the bank about suspicious Amazon transactions."
"Robotic voice claimed money broken from an account . Press 1 to allow or 2 to cancel. I put the phone down."
"Automated voice claiming to be from credit card"
"Said they were from Santander fraud line. It was an automated call that left a message on the answer phone, giving a pin code to enter when calling back. A real call from Santander wouldn't leave a voicemail. SCAM NUMBER. BEWARE."
"number called me; I called back and received an automated response like AM One Teams calling - can I ask who is calling?"
"unanouced call advising an unknown account had been barred waiting info from to confirm I did not press 1 to connect"
"lloyds banking group payment thing"
"test message saying it was Lloyds banking group about a payment being organised"
"got a text that said it was from Lloyds bank about a payment being organised. It told me to call a number if I had not set the payment up. I don't use Lloyds, so it's a scam"
"Asked for immediate payment"
"Text from 02 saying a payment couldn't be made, but we donโt use 02!"
"Automated message about fake problem transactions on my bank account."