"Said bank card had been used"
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
"Scam called to say my credit card had been used and over £800 withdrawn. Robot voice. Automated/robocall"
"Said money had been spent on my card, no mention of which card or who they were."
"Claimed to be from my bank security saying I had unauthorised withdrawals of £99 and then £999."
"The recorded message said two items had been charged to my card,one from Amazon and one from Vu, which they thought were not my purchases. It gave options to be connected to my bank. I did not respond or press any option."
"No reference to any bank or my name, said "unauthorised payments to your card, ring 1 or 2 to process". So ignored, blocked and deleted!"
"Mentioned suspicious activity claimed large amounts had been spent"
"Claimed to be from my bank saying that suspicious transactions had been charged to my card."
"Saying fraudulent activities on my bank card"
"Tel: 07754012402 phoned on 25.6.26 @13.00 an automated voice said ‘this is the bank we have received two transactions today one from Amazon for 199.00 and the other from Zoo? retailers you don’t normally use. If this was you press 1 to authorize transaction or press 2 to speak to a bank adviser."
"Automated/robocall claiming suspicious bank transactions. Checked bank account and they did not exist. Definitely a scam/"
"Automated/robocall Bank account has been compromised by two amazon sums call this number!!"
"Claimed to be from my bank, automated call claiming 2 unauthorised transactions on account. Our bank verified no transactions took place,"
"Left a voicemail and Said they were the bank and a £900 payment had come off my visa card and to call back if it was fraud"
"Automated/robocall Called this morning . Auto voice says that unusual purchases have been made by me . I haven't ...Hung up when I did not respond . Then I called the number back ..went to a Lebaro voice message ..Total scam , beware everyone"
"Automated/robocall claimed to be from Visa reporting £900 transaction"
"Automated/robocall saying money is been taken from credit card"
"Pre recorded messages claiming that islamic state had withdrawn several hundred pounds from my credit card account. Press 2 to find out more etc etc. I hung up."
"Claimed to be from my bank and my had tried to be us .Although never mention bank by name just they tried to access my account"
"This call was to our landline. We had a similar call at the same time yesterday morning, but from a different mobile number - 07921337639. We did not answer either call, but yesterday a message was left, saying two payments were being taken from a card, one for £99 the other, £799. We didn't answer this morning either, but the call was cut off before our messaging service kicked in."
"Automated/robocall saying they are from Barclays bank and wanting me to confirm a £900 transaction ..."
"Claimed to be from my bank. Said several payments had been made from my account"
"Text purporting to be NatWest querying a payment. I don’t have a Nat West account."
"Said suspicious payments had gone from my Visa, and connected me to someone they said was my bank"