"Call was automated as it left a vetting message in second with anonymous action . No identification was provided. Message reads: An attempt of a charge of Β£x-amount on your account was detected if this action wasn't made by you please press one."
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. They claim to be RingGo telling me to pay pending fees right now."
"recorded message saying two trans finns, one at Tesco and one at Sainsburyβs in debit card. Shop at neither. Said press 1 to register the transactions as fraud - clearly would have died for bank details to verify - householder is 92 and was worried card had been compromised - stopped her calling back as obvious scam"
"Suggested money had gone from my acct Β£568"
"Clamed to be from Vista & that my card had be used fraudulently!"
"Recorded message alleging to be bank security regarding 2 card transactions. Claimed to be from my bank, unnamed."
"Auto call from bank security suggesting 2 suspicious transactions - one from Vue and another from Amazon."
"Claimed to be from my bank ,saying there was suspiciouse activity on my bank"
"Claimed to from my bank regarding 2 suspicious transactions. They were for amazon and said that we had not used our account before for Amazon. Whereas, I use my account on a regular basis purchasing from Amazon"
"Automated/robocall. This is a regular scam message heard many times from multiple phone numbers. Automated voice stating "This is your bank security department". Claims two suspicious transactions have been charged to my card, one from Amazon one from Zoom. Caller wants you to talk to someone in the bank security team."
"Says my cryptocurrency withdrawal is ready for final processing. Need verification and sent a link. forwarded to 7726 and blocked. If you receive such message, don't clink on the link. Report and block."
"Felt pressured to act Amazon and zoom outstanding payment"
"Claimed to be from my bank , fraudulent transacion?"
"Claimed to be from Amazon . that a Β£800 gift card was puchased and to press 1 for help"
"Said there were suspicious payments made from my account, knew my full name and first part of postcode"
"Claimed to be from my bank Nationwide Sent me a message with the last 4 digits of my credit card Message says "use code xxxxxxxxx to pay Β£xxx to ebay commerce uk ltd" Money was paid by Nationwide"
"Alleged to be from bank to stop unauthorised payments via Amazon. Claimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank and said there was fraudulent activity on my account - this was a follow up to a previous call. user was very convincing but once i mentioned i had called HSBC to verify he quickly hung up. two guys working together sounded very much like HSBC and gave me a case reference number and everything."
"Claimed to be from visa said payments were made from my debit card press 1 to stop payments and 2 to allow payments to be taken checked my bank and no payments taken this is a scam to get your bank account details and money"
"Felt like a scam Was fron Amazon checking an order ror Β£760 saying it was suspicious order and will hold order until confirmed, Hung up after 5 secods when I asked to confirm my account number."
"Asked me to approve high transactions When I asked what card number they hung up"
"Automated/robocall claimed to be visa fraud department."
"claimed my card was being used abroad"
"Claimed to be from my bank security and to contact my bank over last 2 transactions"