"Says it's Bt"
BT calls
159 community reports tagged BT across 119 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged BT are steady: 4 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 2.1 reports a week.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 60% 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 BT cover 119 different numbers. 7 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 90 · 57%
- Suspicious 59 · 37%
- Unknown 2 · 1%
- Safe 8 · 5%
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 1
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Morning 6am to 12pm 42
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 96
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Evening 6pm to 12am 20
Latest reports
"Said they were BT. Told us our internet was up for renewal, or it would be cut off. This was a scam caller."
"Said he was from BT head office. When I pressed him, he wouldn't share who he was, just kept saying he was calling from BT head office, saying local businesses wouldn't know because they're not the wholesaler. It felt suspicious and rude. When I asked more (since BT had confirmed earlier that I had no works scheduled), he hung up on me."
"Got a call from BT. They confirmed my account number and stuff. No problems here."
"Call from BT to assist with a faulty line. This is legit."
"BT Head office, all verified when I got there"
"Just a nice service call from BT."
"Said they were from BT, but I doubt it. We just have a storage unit at the place they said they were doing a survey. We're already with BT and they know where our office is, so it can't be them. BEWARE, sounds suspicious."
"Said they were BT and wanted to update my phone to digital"
"Called from AirTime saying they were on 'behalf of BT'"
"BT listed it as a nuisance call."
"said it was BT, but something's not right"
"Pretending to be from BT but it's a COLT number, not on the BT network. Not BT. BEWARE!"
"The caller said he was with BT/EE. Very strong Indian accent. Something about a new sim. I'd had similar calls so told him to go away and I hung up."
"Pretending to be BT."