1,032 community reports tagged Bank impersonation across 928 numbers.
Reports tagged Bank impersonation are steady: 20 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 33.9 reports a week.
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.
99% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Bank Impersonation Scam.
Reports tagged Bank impersonation cover 928 different numbers. 120 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 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.
Most common call type: Bank Impersonation Scam
All reports by the day they were submitted.
When reports are submitted, UK time.
"Claimed to be from my bank not naming the bank. Claiming two unauthorised payments have been requested."
"An automated message left on my landline voice mail. Claimed to be from my bank saying 2 charges had been made against my card this morning, the 1st for £300 from Amazon and the 2nd for £1100 from an international money transfer website. To allow these charges press one or to speak to their support team, it's 2."
"Claimed to be from my bank sYING I WILL BE FINED AND QUOTED AMOUNTS TO BE PAID"
"Claimed to be from my bank with an otp for an online payment"
"Recorded message Bank Fraud Scam"
"Claimed to be from my bank, said that there was some unusual activity from my account."
"Didn't verify their identity. Called as if from a bank. using a generated boice"
"They claimed to be from a company Lloyds Bank claiming eBay withdrawals from my account, that don’t have"
"Claimed to be from my bank Automated call questioning a payment of £100 to Amazon and a payment of £1,000 to Zoom. Press 1 to accept . Press 2 to speak to the Bank. no mention of which bank and clearly spurious."
"Claimed to be from my bank about card transactions"
"Claimed to be from my bank Visa card withdrawal."
"Claimed to be from my bank and had stopped large payment to Argos"
"Claimed to be from my bank Asked for account/card details Threatened to freeze my account They had my full name and asked for my date of birth and the amount in each of my banks then once I questioned them they hung up"
"Didn't verify their identity Claimed to be from bank security"
"Claimed to be from my bank Stated that they stopped a bank payment, Asked to run a virus check o my phone by asking to download Whatsapp and also asked run a check using my card details"
"Claimed to be from my bank Amex scammers"
"Automated/robocall claiming suspicious payment on visa card asking to call them back Claimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank said it was about transactions on my account that I had made that morning. When I said I could not hear because of a lot of noise in background he hung up. Had a similar call a couple of months ago same name same mo."
"Claimed to be from my bank Nationwide"
"Claimed to be from my bank. Not actusl my bank but Barclays saying a payment to waitrose for a large amount if it was not me spending this press 1"
"Familiar incoming call - from yet another different number. Automated message starts with: "This is a call from bank security." and it encourages me to press a number to speak to someone to protect my account. It is NOT from my bank who would tell me which bank they were calling from. Be very wary of this potential scam."
"They claimed to be from a company . reporting fraud from a bank. Two payments"
"Did not identify which bank was phoning from. Told me there was a suspicious transaction from Remitly of circa £800 on my card, asked me to put my mobile phone on speaker, go to app store & download an app, they would guide me through the process including to give me a code to direct me to the fraud department. I ended the call at this point."
"This number said they were from Barclays Security. It is a spam number, and Barclays confirmed this."
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