"Just called me with an American computer voice saying my Barkley card has been frozen due to suspicious activities and to press 1 to continue and un-freeze or 0 to say you don't have a Barkleys bank account. I didn't press either and hung up. I've never had a Barkleys bank account BTW"
Bank Security calls
177 community reports tagged Bank Security across 174 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Bank Security are rising: 10 reports in the last 7 days, up 52% on a usual 6.6 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 54% 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 Security cover 174 different numbers. 44 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 112 · 63%
- Suspicious 63 · 36%
- Unknown 0 · 0%
- Safe 2 · 1%
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 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 55
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 96
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Evening 6pm to 12am 26
Latest reports
"advised me of suspicious activity on a card i didn't even hold, asked me to press '1' to speak with someone or press '2' to authorise payments. I pressed 'i' and they hung up. this has happened several times."
"Automated/robocall Financial scam saying suspicious payments on card and gave option to call bank security."
"They claimed to be from Santander bank and asked me to ring this number if I did not recognise the large direct debit that had just been set up"
"Claimed to be from bank security."
"Pretended to be Bank Security asked me to call them by pressing 1, then 2 . Automated/robocall ."
"Scam. Automated female voice claiming to be from my bank security team - although they never said the name of my bank - claiming that two suspicious transactions had been made on my card today (one was Β£99 for Amazon, another for Β£799). They then wanted me to pick a menu option to speak to "a member of the team". I hung up at this point as it was clearly not my actual bank."
"bank security dont think so does not name the bank scammers at it"
"Said they were from bank security, automated call"
"Mentioned suspicious activity large charge on my account"
"Claimed to be from bank security - recorded message - I hung up on it. Banks do not use recorded messages to call you."
"Claimed to be from my bank saying someone had tried to use my account and that I needed to call a number urgently"
"Automated/robocall Said it was Barclays Bank checking suspicious activity"
"Reported unusual login was detected on my bank account"
"Automated/robocall traying to get banking details"
"Claimed to be from Bank Security. Absolute pain. Just hang up and report this number"
"Bank Security unauthorised payments scam."
"Scam call from Bank Security about unauthorised payments"
"Stated they were Bank Security Department. This is a scam"
"Claimed to be from my bank card which was being used suspiciously. It was a recording not a bank official and they neither asked my name, what card it was or which bank they were."
"Claimed to be from bank security."
"Claimed to be from my bank security team"
"Said they were from a fraud department, emphasised knowing my first name"
"Left bogus message about Amazon purchases pretending to be Bank security"