753 community reports tagged Fake transaction alert across 723 numbers.
Reports tagged Fake transaction alert are steady: 31 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 27.8 reports a week.
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.
99% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Bank Impersonation Scam.
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 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.
Most common call type: Bank Impersonation Scam
All reports by the day they were submitted.
When reports are submitted, UK time.
"'Bank' (not even specifically a bank I use) cited charges to my account from Amazon and another and I should press 1 or 2. Suspicious because banks don't use voice recordings / AI to make calls and also don't use 077... numbers."
"Claimed to be from my bank . Stated there were suspicious transaction on my card."
"They claimed to be from Santander bank and asked me to ring this number if I did not recognise the large direct debit that had just been set up"
"They claimed to be from a company regarding unusual bank transactions. Left voicemail"
"said it was from starling, my old bank account, and some one had been using an account in my name still - Made me suspicious as another call was coming through at same time, and this account was closed, new my name and address though - so pretty concerning."
"Said my card had two suspicious transactions never seen before and asked to press 0 to go ahead, or 2 to speak to someone. At no time did they mention which bank they were."
"They claimed to be from Ebay and said my £1,399 didnt go through and to call the number t speak with and operator"
"They claimed to be from a company 'Santander claimed to have rejected a payment for £1,079.99 - call this number if you don't recognise it' - clearly suspicious Claimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank Two withdrawals Press 1 Or 2 if if wasn’t me"
"Claimed to be from my bank stating charges had been made to my account. didn't listen to the rest of the message as my bank would never call like this"
"Scam. Automated female voice claiming to be from my bank security team - although they never said the name of my bank - claiming that two suspicious transactions had been made on my card today (one was £99 for Amazon, another for £799). They then wanted me to pick a menu option to speak to "a member of the team". I hung up at this point as it was clearly not my actual bank."
"SAID PAYMENTS HAD GONE OUT ON MY CARD CLaimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed my card had been charged with £700 to Amazon"
"They claimed to be from a company claiming i have a standing order set up from a Nationwide account ( I don't have one) had to call back using ref WD7H92"
"Text message saying google wallet activated if not you ring this number"
"Claimed to be from my bank and stating new direct debit for £485 had been set up"
"Stated that a direct debit payment was rejected and should confirm I had a barclays account"
"Nothing heard, until I said hello then it was an automated call - it then said they were from the visa fraud team as suspicious activity had been detected on my debit card. Have received calls from variations of the number, all start 01794 501 ... then end 694, 192, 371, 554"
"Automated/robocall. They claimed to be from a Barclay's fraud department"
"Suggested withdrawal blocked from Superdrug £131.06."
"Threatened to freeze my account due to “suspicious activity “ then stated I would be further contacted on this number."
"Automated/robocall - said had used Amazon card and needed to press 1 to cancel and 2 to contact bank security AVOID, IGNORE and REPORT"
"Claimed to be from my bank - said I had had money withdrawn as payment for items bought - no previous record of me buying from these companies - didn't respond to the call - they hung up ."
"Wanted to discuss Visa Mastercard transaction."
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