Last 7 days
0 Steady
Usually 1.1 a week
Last 30 days
5
43 in total
Numbers
43
5 new in 30 days
First reported
27 Jan 26
Latest 20 Oct 2026

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.

  • Night 12am to 6am 1
  • Morning 6am to 12pm 10
  • Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 25
  • Evening 6pm to 12am 7

Latest reports

Spam 5 months ago
0330 520 0157

"Called multiple times - They purported to be from Three (3) mobile and promised me a new sim card at a better rate. Also asked for a credit card number to charge a refundable Β£0.01p. I was duped. Cancelled credit card and Three (3) mobile picked up as a fraud as the scammer ordered anew phone on my account."

Suspicious 6 months ago
020 3026 8431

"Said they were from Emirate airlines said that had refunded money to my account, no refund had been received, they needed another 1300GBP so that booking can be made and tickets could be issued ,Told them no until refund received. VERY pushy."

Spam 6 months ago
07441 946019

"some car finance scammer called, definitely UK based, about me being owed a car finance refund. They were talking over me when I said I was a dead person. I put it under the TV and the idiot was still going on. lol. blocked. definitely a scam. also uses 07441908743."

Spam 6 months ago
07441 908743

"a car financing scammer called, definitely UK based, saying I was owed a refund on car finance. He spoke over me. I told him he was talking to a dead person and put the phone under the tv. He was still talking! lol. Blocked. Definitely a scam. Also uses 07441946019"

Spam 7 months ago
0333 004 6096

"Scammers, first they tried taking payment from an old card, then rang pretending to warn me - double scam."

Fake refund
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Spam 7 months ago
0330 822 6871

"Offered refund on car loan, uses ai, when asked if he can hear you dont say yes cause they use it"

Fake refund
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Suspicious 7 months ago
07441 922644

"Caller first asked, CAN YOU HEAR ME? Sounded suspicious straight away, then went on to say I could get compensation for car financial misselling. I told him not to call again and hung up. Then I blocked the number."

Suspicious 7 months ago
0300 057 6929

"Letter arrived. which also had my NI Number , saying I was owed a tax refund and i should contact them so as to give them my bank details. Also the letter layout looks legit, but the phone number did not match HMRC contact number which you can find on Gov .UK website."

Spam 8 months ago
07563 994879

"I got a text, said it was from Amazon, saying I can get a refund and to click the link. I don’t even have an Amazon account! Looks real, be careful."

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