"said there was a fraud alert on my John Lewis credit card."
Bank impersonation calls
1,031 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
"Said they are fraud dept"
"Claimed to be from my bank"
"Message supposedly from Barclays about payment to easyJet. Complete hogwash."
"Scam call pretending to be Barclays Bank"
"Like others have reported, a text message from Barclays about paybe to EasyJet"
"Said it was Barclays bank authorising an easy jet scam I'm not with Barclays"
"Said they were Halifax security. I rang Halifax and nobody had called and there were no problems with my account. Definitely the start of a scam."
"Halifax said they were declining an Airbnb transaction."
"Claimed to be Halifax about an AirBnB payment that didn't go through"
"From a bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank"
"Sent a text, pretended it was the bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank"
"Said they were from barclays fraud department"
"Said they were the Barclaycard Fraud team, a recorded message"
"They claimed to be from... Revolut bank, I didn't answer in time"
"text from 07845821673 said they were Barclays Bank and told me to call 01883415510, scam text and scam number."
"said they were from Lloyds Bank"
"Got a call today from this number, saying it was the Co-op Bank. I cannot find this number on the Co-op Bank website."
"Claimed to be from my bank and said someone had used my credit card for a purchase. They sent text for me to type "yes" of which we typed "No", they then got angry and became very abusive. Its an iphone number in Liverpool area."
"Caller said they were from bank, susipious activity, hung up phone. Checked with bank no activity"
"Claimed to be from my bank"
"It was someone from a bank that we don't use"