"A man said he was calling from blockchain loop and that I had bitcoin in some account. He told me he could help get it back if I gave him 10 minutes. I put the phone down."
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
"Blockchain Said my bitcoin account was frozen. Tried to get me to give them a coinbase reset code with 6 digits."
"Said I have a bitcoin account and will send me an email with a link to click. Clearly a scam; they knew my name and email address."
"rang today and said my name and when I asked who he told me London Mint Office, I have sometimes bought odd coins but they have never ever called me so I said no thank you and hung up, I checked and it is not their number!!"
"trying to sell you investments online"
"Told me i had three thousand bit coins in acount and needs details to unlock"
"PART OF AN AI INVESTMENT . WANTED ME TO PUT IN LOTS OF MONEY.ASKED FOR MY ORIGINAL INVESTMENT BACK NOW CANT CONTACT AND THE LINKS ETC DO NOT WORK."
"Scam text from binace"
"Crypto phishing scam."
"Sounded like a robot calling about crypto."
"Email about bitcoin to pay into my PayPal account to call this number."
"Said his name was Gary and asked about my Bitcoin Ac. When I told him I don't have a Bitcoin Ac and that he shouldn't try to fool me, he said [profanity] [profanity]."
"Email about buying cryptocurrency through paypal, phone number if it wasnt you!"
"Said the call was from the Police at Heathrow airport about a crypto suspect and other nonsense. Scam."
"Total scam call. Said they were from crypto.com. Tried to make me share details before I hung up and contacted crypto.com. They confirmed it was a scam."
"Trying to tell me my crypto account was at risk, I dont have one!"
"Said they were from a crypto company but it was a scam."
"Scam offering Bitcoin"
"scammer calling about stock market investment"
"Something about being a claims company. They had a wallet in my name with crypto apparently. Said copilot was scamming people. Didn't make much sense, just complete rubbish. Denied being a scammer. Didn't seem to get sarcasm lol"
"BitCoin SCAMMERS"
"Wanting bitcoin info, saying I have an old account they want to fund.."
"Fraudsters phoning regarding cryptocurrency investments do not pick up"
"Crypto scam from Binance"