"Claimed to be from my bank, asked if I had approved a transfer of £780. I said I doubted there was that much in my account and they hung up. Guess I wasn't the kind of rich, dumb person they like to target."
Bank impersonation calls
1,032 community reports tagged Bank impersonation across 928 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Bank impersonation are steady: 20 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 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 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 617 · 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 267
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 535
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Evening 6pm to 12am 217
Latest reports
"Said they were from Bank Security. Hung up"
"Said he was from Bank Security. American voice recording. Hang up and report"
"Bank Security scam about unauthorised payments"
"Computer voice said it was bank security and told me two suspicious payments had been taken from my card. Obvious scam."
"text claiming to be from 'VirginMoney' saying a large overseas payment to REMITLY had been attempted and to reply N if not mine. So checked here."
"Claimed to be from my bank security saying I had unauthorised withdrawals of £99 and then £999."
"Claimed to be from my bank - asking to confirm payment of a card transaction for train tickets from Edinburgh to London"
"Claimed to be bank security"
"Calles my iphone and claimed to be from my bank and I had a suspicous money withdrawal. I cut off call."
"Claimed to be from my bank querying a pending transfer of £789.42p to Argos."
"Claimed to be from my bank , automated voice ask to press options to verify card transaction but didn’t say what bank they were from"
"Claimed to be from my bank Saying that 2 transactions one of £900 & another of £160 were going out of account. Press 1 to agree & 2 to cancel. I hung up & noted the number"
"Claimed to be from my bank saying that suspicious transactions had been charged to my card."
"They claimed to be from a company, barclays Bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank but I don't bank with NatWest"
"Claimed to be from my bank, cancellation of a payment"
"Automated/robocall saying it was the bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank . reprting two charges on my account related to amazon amounts."
"Tel: 07754012402 phoned on 25.6.26 @13.00 an automated voice said ‘this is the bank we have received two transactions today one from Amazon for 199.00 and the other from Zoo? retailers you don’t normally use. If this was you press 1 to authorize transaction or press 2 to speak to a bank adviser."
"Automated/robocall Bank account has been compromised by two amazon sums call this number!!"
"given as a contact phone number in a NATWEST bank impersonation scam texted from 07963370988"
"Claimed to be from my bank, automated call claiming 2 unauthorised transactions on account. Our bank verified no transactions took place,"
"Left a voicemail and Said they were the bank and a £900 payment had come off my visa card and to call back if it was fraud"