"wanted authority to pay a possible fraudulent payment"
Automated payment alert calls
214 community reports tagged Automated payment alert across 210 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Automated payment alert are steady: 7 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 9 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday 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
99% 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 210 different numbers. 52 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 110 · 51%
- Suspicious 102 · 48%
- Unknown 1 · 0%
- Safe 1 · 0%
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 64
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 125
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Evening 6pm to 12am 25
Latest reports
"Three messages from what seemed like my bank, one saying my balance was low, the next saying I was overdrawn, and the third saying there was suspicious activity and to please respond."
"Got a call this morning from my bank saying they had blocked a suspicious payment. It was an automated call asking me to confirm if the payment was fraudulent so they could unblock my card. It knew details about the transaction and never asked for any sensitive info or bank details."
"automated female voice call saying they were from the bank and that 2 withdrawals had been made."
"An automated call where they claimed to be from Visa and that i'd been charged £900"
"Automated recorded message about binance! Spoofed number"
"This number rang my landline. I was waiting for a call so I answered, and an automated voice just said 'Hello'. Then it started telling me about fraudulent activity on my bank account. Because I wasn't addressed by name, I immediately hung up."
"it was an automated message telling me my national insurance no. had been compromised."
"Probably a scam call claiming to be from a fraud prevention team: "you are trying to make a payment of £780, 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 £436.22."
"Automated/robocall - alleging my VISA card had been used with two deductions over £1,000, one to Amazon."
"Scam text from 07563810614 saying "Co-Operative Account: a scheduled transfer of £1564 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."
"£37.80 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 £700 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 account…"
"Said £700 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?"