"They claimed to be from Santander with code for unknown transaction in Truro"
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
"They claimed to be from a bank - Amazon payment scam."
"Automated call claiming to be Barclays"
"Asked for personal info. This caller identified himself as an employee with the security dept. of Santander Portugal with who I have an account. The tried to scam me for Β£900 and then said there was another dodgy withdrawal for Β£2800. Santander in Portugal do NOT use UK based call centre numbers and NEVER call clients. THIS NUMBER IS ONE OF SEVERAL USING THE SAME THEME. THE OTHER NUMBERS ARE 07780 040594 , 07500 369498, 07720 091776."
"Claimed to be from my bank about a recent purchase"
"They claimed to be from a company - Amazon and claimed there were 2 high value amounts on my account which there isn't"
"Claimed to be from Amazon. Saying money had been charged to my account and press 1 to connect to help desk"
"Claimed to be from my bank's Fraud Dept wanting to check a potentially fraudulent transaction"
"Gave me an OTP code to pay Β£587.65 to Easy Jet to a Lloyds account of I phone this number!"
"Claimed to be from my bank and message is: someone has attempted a payment to APPLE from a new device. If not you call 01335 368 706 The message was sent from a mobile number being : +44 7434 011634"
"Automated/robocall ... claiming "suspicious" financial transactions"
"Claimed to be from my bank and someone tried to use card at Argos. I'm not even with Lloyds."
"Claimed to be from VISA credit card services and wanted me to authorise pending transactions"
"Automated/robocall supposedly from Bank saying suspicious Credit Card payment no evidence of such payment when check from another device this is a Fraud scam."
"Felt like a scam Stated Visa Security Alert"
"Claimed to be from my bank regarding transactions that I'd not made previously from my card. Utter rubbish. Press 1 to accept the transactions. I pressed 2 to talk to someone and told them they were scammers. They hung up."
"Automated voicemail left as follows: βprevention line. We are calling because of a suspicious attempted transaction at Curry's PC World in the amount of 238.93 pounds. If this was not you, please press one. Otherwise, you may hang up and the request will be processed shortly.β¦β"
"Claimed to be from my bank , contacted through text initially about fraudulent payment."
"Claimed to be from my bank 2 transactions going out need to confirm if correct etcetra"
"Claimed to be from my bank - said Β£589.99 had suspiciously been taken from my account."
"Claimed to be from my bank , said 589.99 had been suspiciously removed from my account."
"Claimed to be from my bank - OTP fraud - if you haven't made this transaction call 03300590020"
"They claimed to be from a company vodaphone robot female scam call your account been compromised."
"Claimed to be from Barclays bank . Left a text as if from Barclays, saying that a payment was demanded and would be sent at 10.00pm, and if I waS NOT AWARE of the transaction, that I shuld call a number which was included in the text."