"Claimed to be from fraud department of my bank. Said There was fraudulent activity on my account and told me my address and date of birth . I gave no information and phoned my bank where all was well."
Bank impersonation calls
1,031 community reports tagged Bank impersonation across 927 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Bank impersonation are steady: 19 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 33.9 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 52% 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 Bank impersonation cover 927 different numbers. 121 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 616 · 60%
- Suspicious 409 · 40%
- Unknown 5 · 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 13
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Morning 6am to 12pm 266
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 535
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Evening 6pm to 12am 217
Latest reports
"Automated/robocall claim to be Bank Security, scam caller"
"Claimed to be from my bank stating an unauthorised amount for train tickets had been attempted"
"Claimed to be from my bank , The recorded announcement actually said "This call is from bank security department" they did not say a bank name. Clearly they are depending on the recipient mistakenly thinking that they have mis-heard the name, which is not the case. At that point I hung up."
"Try to scam Tesco bank credit card"
"Claimed to be from my bank saying a payment had been stopped. Answer "No""
"Claimed to be from my bank suspicious"
"scam bank call"
"Automated call from a bank, they did not say which bank, about unusual purchases on 'your card'. Press 2 to connect to 'security', which is a scam."
"Claimed to be from my bank Though no bank name was given. No request for security details etc. Told me my account had 2 fraudulent transactions. 1 for £99 etc. Didn't listen to the rest."
"Claimed to be from my bank . Same ld same old criminals do you really think I am stupid enough to give my card details. Idiots."
"Claimed to be from my bank. they been doing it everyday for 10 days now. they call on one number then when i dont answeer they call on another number. they are criminals and worse still nobdy does anything about it to stop them."
"said they were bank security"
"Automated/robocall Left a voice message pretending to be calling from my bank.Said there had been unusual activity on my bank account and that I should contact them . Did not respond and deleted the message."
"Automated/robocall - pretending to be bank security"
"Claimed to be from my bank.Another call to let me know that there was transactions on my card. I just blocked the number"
"Scam call saying they was from the bank fraud team"
"Claimed to be from my bank requesting to stop payment"
"Claimed to be from my bank but I don’t bank with HSBC. They said that someone had attempted to set up a direct debit for £349.99 to Dental Smile Care Ltd on 12th OCTOBER 26 !!!!! They asked me to contact their Security Department."
"Claimed to be from my bank informing of suspicious activity on an Amazon account. Checked all accounts no activity"
"Claimed to be from a bank and said £799 had been taken. They said to press certain numbers but I just ended the call."
"Claimed to be from my bank and no bank name. about fraudulent activity"
"Claimed to be from my bank , asked me to press numbers, and under the number was the name 'Ananzon' like Amazon but spelt incorrectly. They claimed to be Nat West Bank however."
"Claimed to be from my bank .Telling me that there was two transactions one from Amazon and the other one was for 9.000."