"claimed to be the bank telling my 97 year old father in law that money had been taken from his bank account Claimed to be from my bank"
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
"Claimed to be from my bank not naming the bank. Claiming two unauthorised payments have been requested."
"An automated message left on my landline voice mail. Claimed to be from my bank saying 2 charges had been made against my card this morning, the 1st for £300 from Amazon and the 2nd for £1100 from an international money transfer website. To allow these charges press one or to speak to their support team, it's 2."
"Automated/robocall Claimed a credit card spend. Call terminatedas deemed suspicious"
"Asked me to transfer money Told me I there was fraud on my account"
"Said they made two payments and to press some numbers - scam............."
"Claimed that purcahases had been made on my card"
"Automated/robocall unauthorised payment scam with callback"
"It was an automated call asking me to verify a building society transaction for £9k to someone called Mohammad"
"Automated/robocall purporting to be from my "bank" regarding fraudulent transactions Claimed to be from my bank, invited me to select an option for further discussion. I hung up."
"Text message supposedly from bank regarding standing order. Asked to call this number. SCAM"
"Said money paid from my account to Amazon"
"Automated/robocall claiming suspicious payment on visa card asking to call them back Claimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank said it was about transactions on my account that I had made that morning. When I said I could not hear because of a lot of noise in background he hung up. Had a similar call a couple of months ago same name same mo."
"Claimed to be from my bank. Not actusl my bank but Barclays saying a payment to waitrose for a large amount if it was not me spending this press 1"
"Automated/robocall said fraud on my account just to click no 1 Claimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed to be from visa with a my cards been charged 700 quid by amazon"
"They claimed to be from a company . reporting fraud from a bank. Two payments"
"recorded voice to say a suspicious transaction on my account. Requesting to press 1 is I don't recognise the transaction."
"Claimed to be from my bank and said i have money being taken from my bank and to press something"
"Claimed to be from Amazon, automated message stating that I had a transaction for £700 on my account and gave me options to stay on the line to raise a concern. I’ve checked independently and there are no transactions on my Amazon account"
"Automated call suggesting suspicious activity on my visa card and asking me to press to be put through and report it."
"Claimed to be from my bank money was getting taken out for rail tickets"
"claimed to be from apple claiming my Applepay had been cloned onto someone elses phone"