"Number not recognised. Claimed to be Barclays Bank and alerted recipient to an attempted fraudulent transaction on their account. Looks like a scam."
Barclays calls
22 community reports tagged Barclays across 21 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Barclays are spiking: 5 reports in the last 7 days, against a usual 2.1 reports a week. Take extra care with calls like these right now.
When people report it
Monday is the busiest day for these reports, and 73% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
95% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Barclays cover 21 different numbers. 14 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 7 · 32%
- Suspicious 14 · 64%
- Unknown 1 · 5%
- Safe 0 · 0%
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 0
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 16
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Evening 6pm to 12am 6
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from Serious Fraud Office at Barclays"
"Automated call. Said it was Barclays re refusal of a recent direct debit set up. As far as I know there isn't a problem with a DD Anyone know if this is genuine. I just hung up. Claimed to be from my bank"
"pretending to be Barclays Bank"
"pretending to be Barclays Bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank Barclays bank. Repeated calls"
"Claimed to be from Barclays bank fraud dept, but I donβt bank with them!"
"claimed to be calling from Barclays about a high value card payment that had been blocked on Amazon"
"Says its from Barclay Card and my card has been registered to Michelles IPhone. I dont own a Barclay Card."
"Said was Barclays and transaction at Currys. Don't bank with Barclays"
"Automated/robocall call from Barclay card Visa"
"They claimed to be from Barclays Bank Automated/robocall"
"They claimed to be from a company Barclays Fraud Dept, stating a purchase from Amazon for Β£900"
"Claimed to be from my bank, pretending Barclays bank."
"Didn't verify their identity said they were from Barclays"
"Claimed to be Barclays Banks, warning m somebody had set up direct debit, then proceeded to say "if you are not with Barclays etc... " sounds like a not well though out scam.."
"Automated/robocall from a bank. Barclays"
"message to ring Barclays Group UK re a standing order. Unknown Payee not correct Barclays"
"purported to come from Barclays Bank"
"Claiming to call from Barclays Bank with a requested code"
"called me automated message to approve Barklays bank tranasction, press 1 if it wasnt you. Pressed one a very aggreesive operator answered the call pretending to be security and asking lots of questions on my details.. when I did not answer he was swearing at me."
"Call to confirm payment to Argos. Supposedly from Barclays"