"a text received stated that a payment of £322.24 to Yates Build Ltd has been put on temporary hold and if i did not make this, to call 02080587121. This cannot be legitimate, since no bank or credit card company would send a text like this. They would identify themselves first"
Fake transaction alert calls
753 community reports tagged Fake transaction alert across 723 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Fake transaction alert are steady: 30 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 27.9 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
"scam text claiming to be from NatWest saying the declined an ebay purchase and text and call them on another number. i dont have an Ebay or an Natwest account."
"Had a text purporting to be from the Nationwide bank saying to call immediately as transaction from Ikea. Claimed to be from my bank."
"Claimed unauthorised transactions and to select a number to be put through to bank. Recorded message"
"Person claimed that there is never been seen before high payments on card. Sounded quite threatening."
"Claimed to be from my bank. Text message received from mobile no 07523076861 asking to ring back on this number immediately, as new payee was set up on my account that I had nothing to do with. check with the bank they said they have not sent me any text message it was not from them."
"Claimed to be from my bank. Text message received from this mobile no asking to call different land line number 02030190039 immediately, as new payee been set up that had nothing to do with me."
"Automated/robocall - Claiming that "your bank has received 2 suspicious transactions..." hung up at that point as my banks fraud section never robocalls for that type of call, and never calls from a mobile number..."
"Automated Caller Claimed to be from my bank asking for confirmation of suspicious transactions Press 1 for accept transactions and 2 to speak to security team. Pressed 2 and a real person (native UK Accent) answered. Very poor connection, very quiet and timid - didnt seem to know what card the transactions were on asked for latest transactions (card unused for 9 months so none!) was already wary, asked for number to call him back - he hungup"
"it was a trext message to say an payment had been stopped and if it wasn't me then i had to call a number"
"Automated/robocall - Bank security team asking for confirmation of transactions. Message was disjointed and not in proper sentences asked for 1 to confirm and 2 to speak Suspect Phishing Call"
"Left answerphone message suggesting that my card had been used on two fraudulant purchases this morning. Checked my dank account - nothing there . SCAM"
"Automated/robocall - Automated message re bank card charges at Amazon."
"Left a voicemail on my phone at 22.05 saying someone in Manchester trying to make a payment"
"Asked me to say 1had not authorised a payment"
"said an amount just over £700 had been requested & I had to ok it."
"Called wanting me to call a number they gave me because of money taken from my account"
"Text message received advising possible bank fraud & frozen suspicious payment…call the 0800 number"
"calling to say i had a large amount taken form Amazon and to press 1 to talk to an advisor"
"card security for amazone purchase"
"automated answerphone message asking to verify card payments"
"An automated call purporting to be from Nationwide with an online banking code to authorise a payment in the thousands. Hung up and blocked."
"Automated/robocall Said they were calling from my bank but did not specify which bank. Reported unusual purchases were being made in my name from Amazon. Gave prices but did not identify exactly what the purchases were."
"SCAM. Clever "recorded message" saying your Amex payment declined, press 1 if this was not you. Gets through to a London accented geezer who doesn't sound right!"