"Claimed to be from my bank HSBC re payment"
Bank impersonation calls
228 community reports tagged Bank impersonation across 217 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Bank impersonation are steady: 26 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 24.6 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 217 different numbers. 145 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 117 · 52%
- Suspicious 104 · 47%
- Unknown 2 · 1%
- Safe 0 · 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 4
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Morning 6am to 12pm 65
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 115
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Evening 6pm to 12am 39
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from my bank and was asking about a Β£1079.99 transaction to APPLE"
"Claimed to be from my bank automated advising of fraudulent transaction"
"Claimed to be from my bank. Said I had made 2 transfers of Β£99 and Β£799 (which I hadn't). Automated call."
"Automated/robocall - from my "bank" regarding expenditure of Β£799-99 please call to confirm. Banks do not use mobiles. Blocked and reported."
"AI generated recorded message.Claimed to be from my bank/credit card provider reporting a suspicious transaction to Amazon of Β£99.00 = got no further as I hung up."
"Claimed to be from fraud department of my bank. Said There was fraudulent activity on my account and told me my address and date of birth . I gave no information and phoned my bank where all was well."
"Automated/robocall claim to be Bank Security, scam caller"
"Claimed to be from my bank stating an unauthorised amount for train tickets had been attempted"
"Claimed to be from my bank , The recorded announcement actually said "This call is from bank security department" they did not say a bank name. Clearly they are depending on the recipient mistakenly thinking that they have mis-heard the name, which is not the case. At that point I hung up."
"Try to scam Tesco bank credit card"
"Claimed to be from my bank saying a payment had been stopped. Answer "No""
"Claimed to be from my bank suspicious"
"scam bank call"
"Automated call from a bank, they did not say which bank, about unusual purchases on 'your card'. Press 2 to connect to 'security', which is a scam."
"Claimed to be from my bank Though no bank name was given. No request for security details etc. Told me my account had 2 fraudulent transactions. 1 for Β£99 etc. Didn't listen to the rest."
"Claimed to be from my bank . Same ld same old criminals do you really think I am stupid enough to give my card details. Idiots."
"Claimed to be from my bank. they been doing it everyday for 10 days now. they call on one number then when i dont answeer they call on another number. they are criminals and worse still nobdy does anything about it to stop them."
"said they were bank security"
"Automated/robocall Left a voice message pretending to be calling from my bank.Said there had been unusual activity on my bank account and that I should contact them . Did not respond and deleted the message."
"Automated/robocall - pretending to be bank security"
"Claimed to be from my bank.Another call to let me know that there was transactions on my card. I just blocked the number"
"Scam call saying they was from the bank fraud team"
"Claimed to be from my bank requesting to stop payment"