"Claimed to be security and that someone was taking £700 out of my account."
Bank impersonation calls
1,032 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
"trys to be a bank so its a scam"
"They claimed to be from a bank security company"
"Claimed to be from my bank setting up direct debit on my account suspect scam phishing"
"Asked for personal info,they pose as your banks fraud department and are very convincing."
"Claimed to be from my bank saying £99 on card from Amazon and £799 from Zoom"
"Claimed to be from my bank but the bank they claimed to be I do not bank with !"
"Claimed to be from my bank - scheduled transaction on account"
"Claimed to be from my bank; and there have been unknown charges on my account, and i’m not stupid. so i just them speak till they hung up"
"Asked for personal info pretending to be from HSBC Fraud department. Definite SCAM"
"They claimed to be from a company Barclays"
"Said he was from my bank about some transactions on Amazon and Zoo I had not used before. Asked me to press 1 to approve the transaction and 2 to speak to someone."
"Said they were from Bank Security"
"Call received by elderly neighbour. Caller said they were from bank security. Neighbour hung up."
"claim to be a bank do not state which bank say payments have been made and press a number to continue Have had this type of call many times"
"Automated/robocall saying they were from "Bank Security""
"Claimed to be from my bank . Automated. I just hung up. bank would say name of bank."
"Claimed to be from my bank re transactions with Amazon and Zoo that I had not used before. Asked me to press 1 to approve transaction and 2 to speak to someone."
"Claimed to be from my bank - claimed suspicious spend on bank card not true as I checked with bank !"
"Claimed to be from my bank - introduced itself as Bank Security (non-specific) and proceeded to list Amazon £99 and Zoo £799 purchases that do not fit my regular purchasing. I buy from Amazon all the time!"
"Claimed to be from my bank anf wanted to confirm persinal detsils and record voice for security AI"
"Claimed to be from my bank reporting unauthorised transactions & requesting callback. This is definitely a scam call."
"This was a scam (i.e.fraudulent) call on 29 July from someone purporting to be the 'Bank Security Department') claiming that two unusual transactions (for £99 and £799) had appeared on my account and asking me to press 1 to verify or 2 to speak to someone. As this was clearly a scam call (but still an offence under the Fraud Act 2006) I put the phone down. Claimed to be from my bank"
"Recorded message said it was Bank Security... and that they ended the call right away!"