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.
"Scam call trying to scare about supposed illicit bank transaction."
"Felt pressured to act as this report bank transaction on automated call"
"Claimed to be 'Bank security; automated - asking me to verify if i had made two payments - for services which sated I had not ever used before. This is a very dangerous scam. I picked up my phone today 09,07 26 but did not answer After the message - I put the phone down. This is a very dangerous scam!!"
"Claimed to be from my bank - I hung up immediately"
"Claimed to be from my bank , Not a person, just an automated message - didn't even say which bank was supposed to be calling."
"got an automated message saying two strange payments were noticed, probably a scam, so i hung up"
"Claimed to be from my bank Said £749.99 been taken from my nat west acc I don’t have one!"
"Pretended to be from bank following up on a fraud problem. He was the problem. Also has a female working along side. When we realised and called him out he said he needed to make a living. Please be on your guard."
"Bank fraud scam. Be careful. Called on my land line. He said his name was Jack Wilson. Claims he's from your bank and there's been some suspicious activity. Asking for security stuff like dob, address and details of other bank accounts. He wanted my mobile number and when I said no he wanted to put me through to their "fraud specialist" to verify my online account. When I told him I'd rather ring my bank's fraud department directly he said it would cost me but it's free if I go through him instead. I hung up."
"said they were visa/mastercard fraud team"
"Text scammer about NatWest."
"Claimed to be from my bank ada"
"Automated call supposedly from Nationwide saying my card had just been used to buy something in Argos for £750 ..... Never been a customer of either company so it is obviously a scam."
"Claimed to be from my bank recorded voice claims to be calling about an attempted visa transaction -- please press 1/2/3 -----nope!"
"Called multiple times a day also knew my name and also stated I had messaged from his bank!"
"Claimed to be from my bank clearly not just a scam"
"Claimed to be from my bank , saying suspicious activity on my account"
"Claimed to be from my bank stopping a payment"
"Claimed to be from my bank but was a robot asking me to speak to them."
"Caller said she was the bank security department, ant there had been unauthorised transactions on my bank card. Caller did not use my name, or the name of the bank, just used generic terms. A obvious attempt to get my account details. SCAM!!! ."
"Claimed to be from my bank - I hung up as soon as they said an amount of money and to press 1 to continue"
"Claimed to be from my bank but gave4 no details except that "unauthorised actions" had been detected on my card........no details were given to them."
"said they were from bank security and money had been taken from my account I put the phone down"
"Recorded voice: 'This call is from bank security department '."
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