"Felt pressured to act to press 1 to stop money being taken"
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
"Mentioned suspicious activity wanted £700 transferred"
"Claimed to be from my bank automated advising of fraudulent transaction"
"said they were calling from tesco - "a charge has been put on hold""
"AMAZON scam . 2 payments taken from my bank account?? I do not have a amazon account."
"Claimed to be from Amazon Mentioned suspicious activity Gave two high payments amounts £199 & £899 from V? asked to press key pad 1 to allow or 2 speak to security support."
"Claimed to be from my bank saying a payment had been stopped. Answer "No""
"Automated call from a bank, they did not say which bank, about unusual purchases on 'your card'. Press 2 to connect to 'security', which is a scam."
"Automated call claiming to be from "the bank security department""
"They claimed to be from VISA saying that I had been charged £799 by Amazon and to press 1"
"Automated call from a bank, bank NOT actually named in the call, about odd purchases on 'your card'. Presss 2 to coneect to 'security', i.e. a scammer."
"Automated/robocall - saying suspicious activity on card. Didn't mention a name of bank. Very suspicious."
"Claimed to be from my bank Though no bank name was given. No request for security details etc. Told me my account had 2 fraudulent transactions. 1 for £99 etc. Didn't listen to the rest."
"my credit card had been used for 2 transactions"
"Text claimed to be from my bank HSBC. Said a direct debt had been set up and if I did not do this call +443330384544."
"Claimed to be from my bank, an automated voice message told me a large transaction had been attempted from my account"
"Automated/robocall Left a voice message pretending to be calling from my bank.Said there had been unusual activity on my bank account and that I should contact them . Did not respond and deleted the message."
""Press 1 to continue" messa Automated recorded message advising of two suspicious payment and to press 1 to authorise or 2 to connect to security dept"
"Automated call, listing supposed suspicous transaction. Did not say which bank."
"They claimed to be from Remitly " We have held a recent payment of £XXX attempted through your card at Remitly UK. Kindly press one to report this as a fraud transaction and speak to our customer protection team". Scam"
"Automated/robocall - pretending to be bank security"
"said my card had been used on amazon and been debited with £700? I cant find evidence of this - this was an automated call asking me to press options to go further"
"They claimed to be from a company , say Visa card has been used on Amazon"
"Automated/robocall claiming to be from visa to report my card had been used to pay Amazon £700"