"Automated/robocall Said I had been charged £800 for gift card and press 1"
Fake transaction alert calls
753 community reports tagged Fake transaction alert across 723 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Fake transaction alert are steady: 31 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 27.8 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday 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
99% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Bank Impersonation Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Fake transaction alert cover 723 different numbers. 114 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 399 · 53%
- Suspicious 347 · 46%
- Unknown 7 · 1%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Bank Impersonation 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 6
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Morning 6am to 12pm 204
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 434
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Evening 6pm to 12am 109
Latest reports
"Automated/robocall Claim to be from bank, with records of payments to Amazon and another. Wanted to connect with bank security! Claimed to be from my bank"
"Do Amazon staff call using a mobile phone number? Very dodgy!! Claimed to be Amazon checking on an unauthorised purchase in 'north London' of a gift card and something else. Lot of background 'call centre' noise. Foreign accent, difficult to understand clearly. Also received a text seeking a response to a hyperlink. Presumed to be a scam and cancelled the call."
"Claimed to be from my bank , two payments have been requested one of £300 and one of £1000 . They asked if I had authorised them. No. Although I thought this was legitimate, I did not give my bank details. The call lasted 20 mins and I put phone down. Earlier Amazon texted me about a sign in on my account, which was not me and they said it was refused."
"Because I did not answer this call, they left a voicemail stating "... for £799 has been successfully placed. If it's not you press 1 to speak to our customer support executive." (the first part was not successful recorded) . I did not press 1. I haven't placed any orders for £799 and none of my bank accounts have flagged this payment."
"Claimed to be from my bank and said that they had seen unusual bitcoin transaction. Press 1 to confirm that it was a scam. I didn’t."
"Claimed to be from my bank , said someone was trying to use my card x"
"Automated/robocall said was NatWest and someone with a Muslim name was trying to add his name to my bank account, only got no account with NatWest!"
"Didn't verify their identity , said that unusual transactions on my card, respond by pressing 1"
"Credit card transaction. Asked to call"
"Claimed to be from my bank and to call a number 03330521994 about a transaction on an account"
"Automated/robocall asking to press 1 for a payment to someone, or 2 to speak to fraud dept"
"Claimed to be from my bank - text with fake transactions, claim to have frozen card"
"Automated/robocall - your money transfer has failed"
"Claimed to be from my bank about a suspicious credit card transaction"
"Auto call reporting detected a attempt to get £850 from my HSBC BANK TO GET FLIGHTS FROM BRITISH AIRWAYS DONT HAVE THAT BANK They claimed to be from a company"
"Automated call from HS BC BANK said that attempted transaction at British airways. Com for 7000 dollars"
"Did not pick up call. Left message on answer phone that 2 amounts of money was taken out from account and get in touch"
"Something didn't feel right. Received text that a hold was on a purchase for 159.99 on my Apple Pay account. I do not have an Apple Pay account."
"Claimed to be Amazon regarding a blocked payment on my account."
"Claimed to be from my bank stating large amounts had been withdrawn."
"Asked about two payments I was supposed to have made this morning one of £99 and the other over £1000 the only payment I have made today was for £13 to E-bay"
"Mentioned suspicious activity 2 actions on account said 1 for £1000 and a second for £300attempted to take money mentioned Amazon and another company"
"claiming to be from bank fraud department re charges made on credit card"