"Automated/robocall call said suspicions use of card to buy train tickets. Β£120 Edinburgh to London didn't say which card but debit card."
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
"Text Message suggesting they are NATWEST and that they intervened a large payment to Apple and to call them back which I haven't There is no activity of this nature seen on my NATWEST account online"
"Claimed to be from my bank. Visa fraud. Press 1 to stop payment immediately. Automated voice, no amount or vendor mentioned"
"Claimed to be from my bank Royal Bank Of Scotland: A payment of Β£550.99 has been PAUSED to Mohammed Ishmali. This requires your approval. If this was NOT you? Call customer service: 0800 652 3613 immediately."
"Claimed to be from my bank : Royal Bank Of Scotland: A payment of Β£550.99 has been PAUSED to Mohammed Ishmali. This requires your approval. If this was NOT you? Call customer service: 0800 652 3613 immediately."
"From a (unnamed bank) claimed to have a transaction from a train company and wanted to press 1 / 2 for accept or challenge the payment"
"Claimed to be from Amazon saying Β£700 had been charged to account"
"Claimed to be from my bank telling me two suspicious transactions have been attempted,one small amount, one larger amount. Rang bank to check but no attempt has been made."
"warning of money being taken out of bank account - one being from Amazon Automated/robocall"
"An automated call stating Β£790 would be debited from my visa debit card and to press 1 to talk to someone"
"Claimed to be from my bank with a suspicious card payment but didn't name me or bank and it was a mobile number. Asked me to press buttons for various options, I put phone down."
"They claimed to be from a company Bank Security saying had an unusal payment of Β£120 on my card for booking a train ticket. Unsurprisningly nothing was on my card or my apps for this"
"said money transaction on card to amazon press 1 to decline"
"Text about a credit card transaction"
"Caller never says who they are but its a computer voice telling me that there's been suspicious spending on a card or account (never actually said which one) at both Amazon and Boots, then suggests you can talk to someone from their security team, as if you want to spend more of your precious time."
"Claimed to be from my bank saying someone tried to use my bank card"
"Claimed to be from my bank. Wanted approval of two charges to my account by pressing button 1 on the keypad."
"Claimed to be from my bank saying that money has been deposited transferred to a Barkleys bank account"
"Text message- Claimed to be from Barclays bank regarding a declined payment"
"Something didn't feel right , they asked me to confirm a payment i'd made on PayPal by answering yes or no to a payment made with card ending in the same 4 digits a my credit card."
"Claimed to be from my bank said unusual payment from my card did not say who said press 1 to contact bank"
"automated call claiming to be from Barclays (who I have no accounts with) telling me they had stopped a large payment of over Β£700 to Argos and for me to press 1 for more information"
"said was from Barclays (who I have no account with) and they had stopped a payment to Argos and for me to press 1 for further details"
"They claimed to be from a company Royal Bank of Scotland, say ing they had added a card to my account (I do not have a RBS account)"