"Asked for personal info as said my landline would cease to exist in January 2027 Didn't verify their identity"
Broadband upgrade calls
72 community reports tagged Broadband upgrade across 69 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Broadband upgrade are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 1.3 reports a week.
When people report it
Monday is the busiest day for these reports, and 65% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
94% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone).
Numbers used
Reports tagged Broadband upgrade cover 69 different numbers. 3 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 36 · 50%
- Suspicious 32 · 44%
- Unknown 2 · 3%
- Safe 2 · 3%
Most common call type: Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone)
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 20
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 47
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Evening 6pm to 12am 5
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from Sky Offering a fake deal... Harassing in the amount of calls from different number"
"Claimed to be from virgin re broadband. Indian voice. No response when phone passed to me but line left open?"
"Offered a fake deal or upgrade Talked about an upgraded internet package and a new sim card that accompanies it,"
"They claimed to be from a company commis Couldn't determine purpose.i have broadband being installed 30th sep"
"Call from lady who stated there have been calls that internet not working in my area and wanted me to go online and check with her. I said I was busy and try somebody else then I hung up."
"Offered a fake deal or upgrade. From Vodaphone saying my number was selected for a 40% discount. I'm not with Vodaphone."
"Pretending to be from MS Digital Solutions selling a "Better broadband deal", waste their time, and give them false information."
"They claimed to be from a Broadband company"
"Claimed to be from Sky about problem with broadband asked if I had drop in speed answered NO they ended call"
"Offered a fake deal or upgrade They claimed to be from my mobile phone company offering to replace my contract and asked for bank details. I called my provider who confirmed that they had not contacted me."
"Claimed to be from my network (lebera) and wanted to upgrade my plan."
"Blocked this number but they're calling every day and leaving an answerphone message about my "business phone tariff""
"Didn't verify their identity . Wanted to talk about my internet. I hung up at that point,"
"Called to say they were calling to discuss application for changing broadband supplier. Which I havenβt."
"asked about my mobile service and when I said it was okay and please don't call again was very abusive used foul language Offered a fake deal or upgrade"
"Claimed to be from a network which I left years ago telling me he needs to change my sim for a 5g sim because the current 5g+ one needs to be upgraded. 99% Indian scam centre, soon backed down when I told him he's talking b.[profanity]"
"Offered a fake deal or upgrade. Talked about being from o2 and that they had 25% discount. Kept talking and eventually I interrupted to say I'm not with o2. She then swore at me, told me not to waste her time and get lost."
"Unsolicited sales call. This was a sales call for broadband, but the sales rep Amanda gave her name, but not the company name, so that seemed more than a bit off. They phoned back said something about a Β£75 voucher for broadband with or from Currys."
"Claimed to be from Sky claimed my router needed updating and to download apps to sort it then claimed I was entitled to Β£400 Amazon voucher."
"Offering upgrades for 02 spam calls Claimed to be from my network"
"I was searching for costs for a TV package upgrade and on the virgin media web site I had to put my number in to get to see the prices. Since then this number has called at least 4 times a day but leave no message. I suspect it is Virgin Media but the tactics are borderline harassment."
"Claimed to be from Openreach checking up on faults on my broadband. I am with a local area independent fibre optic company, so I said " Of course you are" and hung up. I wondered why a national telephone landline company was using a mobile phone to contact individual customers."
"unsolicited call, failed to leave a message when asked. Later a call to that number showed a claim to be from CarPhoneWarehouse and I am entitled to upgrade."