"Said my online currency was suspended. I don't have any online currency. When I didn't press reply, they tried to video call. Scammers."
Crypto investment calls
192 community reports tagged Crypto investment across 190 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Crypto investment are steady: 7 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 5.6 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 63% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
97% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Crypto Scam (Binance, Bitcoin, etc).
Numbers used
Reports tagged Crypto investment cover 190 different numbers. 25 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 142 · 74%
- Suspicious 45 · 23%
- Unknown 5 · 3%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Crypto Scam (Binance, Bitcoin, etc)
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 39
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 120
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Evening 6pm to 12am 33
Latest reports
"Scam caller about block chain"
"They are 'selling' some online thing about AI investments. It goes short or long on things like gold, oil and crypto. The returns they say you can get are much more than the change in the prices of things."
"Scammer. Said they were calling for the blockchain support team."
"they offered to get my money back after trading scam, they cold called me an asian and told me to open an account with resolut to accept bit coin"
"Called regarding my Crypto account, which I had supposedly opened in 2017 using an old email address from another country that I'd stopped using!"
"Tries to sell trading online, said there was 'Β£30 free cash' to start with"
"Scam call about a crypto account"
"called me saying i had bit coins but i do not"
"Caller was pretending to be a well-known financial adviser, asking about Crypto investments and urging for a transaction to be done over the phone."
"Scam call about a trade account trying to get you to sign up - don't do it."
"Crypto scammer claims money in Exodus wallet"
"Bitcoin scam callers"
"Spam call saying they were from my blockchain provider ... I don't use this"
"crypto scammer"
"Crypto Investment scam"
"Said he was from a crypto currency company and when I (politely) said no thank you, he said exactly 'then [profanity] off get the [profanity] out of my face I hope you [profanity] die.'"
"Bitcoin credentials scam"
"A scammer called and told me i had a fake account made on some kind of bitcoin platform."
"Cryptocurrency scam"
"bit coin scam. they told me i had a fortune in bit coin"
"Bitcoin scam. Said I had a fortune in some bitcoin."
"They told me I had bitcoin on an app back in 2019. I'm not certain if it's real."
"The number called and said I had bitcoin in an account I don't know about."