"They claimed to be from Barclays Bank Automated/robocall"
Barclays calls
174 community reports tagged Barclays across 122 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Barclays are steady: 1 report in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 2.8 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 53% 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 Barclays cover 122 different numbers. 9 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 115 · 66%
- Suspicious 57 · 33%
- 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 3
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Morning 6am to 12pm 30
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 93
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Evening 6pm to 12am 48
Latest reports
"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"
"They claimed to be from a company Barclays"
"Claim to be from Barclays asking about a declined Apple Pay transaction of Β£5k!"
"Automated/robocall claimed to be from Barclays bank with payment authority code"
"Claimed to be from my bank Barclaycard"
"Claiming to be a Barclay bank transaction"
"Claimed to be from my bank - Barclays approved credit card"
"They claimed to be from a company . Claiming that I had made a transaction on my Barclaycard. This would be serious if I had a Barclaycard to worry about."
"Claimed to be from my bank. Not actusl my bank but Barclays saying a payment to waitrose for a large amount if it was not me spending this press 1"
"Said they were from Barclays fraud department"
"This number said they were from Barclays Security. It is a spam number, and Barclays confirmed this."
"Claimed to be from my bank (Barclays), wanted to ask 'security questions', asked if I had mobile banking. I've been caught before by scammers so refused info - they kept up the pretence of being the bank and wanted to give me a number to call back."
"Automated/robocall left message requesting callback claiming to be Barclays Bank."
"Asked for personal info barclaycard details"