"Wanted payment for a refund"
Fake refund calls
43 community reports tagged Fake refund across 43 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Fake refund are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 1.1 reports a week.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 58% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
100% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Car Finance / Mis-sold Finance Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Fake refund cover 43 different numbers. 5 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 30 · 70%
- Suspicious 13 · 30%
- Unknown 0 · 0%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Car Finance / Mis-sold Finance 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 1
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Morning 6am to 12pm 10
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 25
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Evening 6pm to 12am 7
Latest reports
"Received this text: If you would prefer a refund of the credit and your payments reset to £59 per month, simply text YES to this message. Please note, this is an automated service so only YES will be recognised. Thanks No context and not a named number or business name etc. Very likely a scam"
"Required bank details to pay out scam"
"Text claiming it was from Ringo and saying I had unpaid parking fines and needed to click on link to pay them. I checked my account with Ringo and there was no message. Scam"
"Asked for account/card details for an refund"
"Market masters pro scammed me out of money on a fake online site. This company keep saying they’ll get my money back for me but it sounds like the same company. Extremely pushy won’t take No just hang up when I won’t bend towards them."
"Asked for personal information . Caller posed as a customer agent from Booking.com and wanted me to download an app for a refund. refused and requested for an email instead stating that my refund would be made."
"I received a txt from this number stating that I had missed a delivery and it needed to be rescheduled. On my phone it directed me to a website that asked for my name and address and birth date to verify it was my parcel and then asked for credit card details to charge me 79p for redelivery, at which I ended the call. At home, I checked the website - https://evr.30251e46.com - and my web security immediately identified it as a fraudulent phishing site. Subsequently I have already received two further phishing calls trying to get bank account information from me."
"Something didn't feel right, the 3rd time from a different number each time pretending to be my boss, Seems legit for the first 2 messages then it demands Apple Gift Cards. even tried telling me i was fired."
"Claimed to be from sky and that I had been overcharged and they needed to send me a tablet as recompense."
"Claimed to be from Sky and that I had been overcharged"
"Told me they were sky and I had been overcharged"
"They claimed to be from a company to do with pcp claims, constant calling saying I needed to fill in their report, so I can get my refund about my vehicles, very stressful"
"Offered refund on car accident claim"
"AI Offered refund on car loan"
"Speak to amazon support to recoup 799"
"Reportedly Paypal - scammer trying to get me to approve a transaction that apparently they were trying to refund!!! you couldn't make it up"
"EE called saying I'd been charged too much and they'd refund it to my account but first they needed to check my email then when I was waiting on hold I heard them talking to someone else in another language so I hung up and blocked them"
"recorded message saying unexpected money had been taken out of my account and to press button 1 or 2"
"Car purchase refund 'help' (scam). Caller had personal information and suggested they could help witj a refund on car purchases. Information was "correct", i.e. Phone no, address, but no purchases made during the period. Scam. Actor: young lady, very professional sounding."
"Scam caller wanting your bank details for fake refunds."
"Said they could claim the money I’ve lost on a different platform"
"Claimed to be from Amazon automated asking me to renew my amazon prime account, which I don't have. To ring and renew for £95 will be taken out of my account."
"Asked for personal info Scammer Indian male called saying he was calling from my phone company to offer me a £200 refund. First he needed some identification details to process the refund . Then asked me what was the name of my bank. I knew where it was going from there so I gave him the name of any bank and hung up. Then blocked the number. As usual they will call back another day with a different number."