"Received a text from 0794230095 saying it was Barclays bank asking about a standing order to west dental care for over £600 and to call the 0133 number to discuss approval, didn’t call either number."
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
"Said they were from Barclays bank about a standing order."
"Said they were Barclays, used two phones, one to Barclays and one to my Dad. Took £6500 out of his account."
"Not a Barclays call number"
"Said they were from the Barclays fraud team"
"looks like it was from Barclays but the number isn't one i was told to use"
"Impersonating Barclays Bank"
"a number was in a text about Barclays"
"Said they were from Barclays and were talking to me. Sounded really authentic. A message that calls would be recorded for training and a well spoken English male on the phone"
"Scam phone call said to be from Barclays"
"Said they was from Barclays 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 from barclays fraud department"
"text from 07845821673 said they were Barclays Bank and told me to call 01883415510, scam text and scam number."
"£37.80 at Uber Technologies Inc.. If you made all the payments above please reply Y, if there are any that you didn't make please reply N. Your Barclays Team. Banks depend on us to report sus activity, not the other way round. I haven't used Barclays since 2022."
"Scam number pretending to be Barclays, saying there was suspicious activity on my account. I do not have a Barclays account."
"Almost certainly a scam, as Barclays Bank were meant to deal with it and wouldn’t have used this number."
"scam. Said they were Barclays"
"Said they were from Barclays"
"Pretended to be from Barclays. I don't have an aaccount with Barclays."
"Said I had a standing order for a car company through Barclays. I dont have Barclays account"