"Voicemail message. Claimed to be from my bank."
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
"Indian man asking me for bank details, saying that i had 30 days until taken to court...haha...very rude and intimidating."
"Calling from bank security. Did not say which bank"
"saying its my bank and saying got pay amazon and another amount £700 to be authorised a total scam"
""Bank Security" scam"
"Claimed to be from my bank fraud team"
"No name given, claimed to be from my bank , saying it was reporting fraud for £700+ that was about to be taken from my account and giving me a code to type in"
"banking scam"
"Claimed to be from my bank and my had tried to be us .Although never mention bank by name just they tried to access my account"
"Claimed to be from my bank fraud department"
"Claimed to be from my bank. Said several payments had been made from my account"
"Claimed to be from my bank said payment to John Lewis"
"claimed bank set up for new payee"
"This number is a scam asking me to check bank payments. You should be careful."
"Said suspicious payments had gone from my Visa, and connected me to someone they said was my bank"
"Automated/robocall pretending to be my bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank but didn’t say the bank’s name. Suggested two large payments had been taken. Bank scam."
"Automated/robocall ,claimed it was from my bank,wanted me to confirm payments"
"Scam message saying money been spent on amazon and zoom, then claiming these hasnt been used on your card before. Press 1 to authorise payments, press 2 to speak to the bank... No bank name given, phishing for details. Reported."
"Someone rang claiming to be from my bank and said two transactions had been blocked by their fraud dept. They asked me to press 1 to OK and 2 to cancel. I pressed 2 but nothing happened."
"Claimed to be from my bank , but I didn’t wait to hear the rest, I hung up. Then checked with my bank on another phone"
"Claimed to be from my bank . Claiming blocked payment to Anthropic"
"Claimed to be from Nat West bank telling me about a transaction comi g put of my account. I don't babk with NW"
"Claimed to be from my bank . Payment schedule from my account, new payee. Number to call. 02030264190. Scam"