"Uk own caller left an incomplete robotic voice message saying that it was an alert about a payment of £899.99 needing verification"
Fake transaction alert calls
214 community reports tagged Fake transaction alert across 211 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Fake transaction alert are steady: 18 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 24.5 reports a week.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 64% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
98% 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 211 different numbers. 139 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 96 · 45%
- Suspicious 114 · 53%
- Unknown 4 · 2%
- 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 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 51
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 138
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Evening 6pm to 12am 25
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from my bank but I don’t bank with HSBC. They said that someone had attempted to set up a direct debit for £349.99 to Dental Smile Care Ltd on 12th OCTOBER 26 !!!!! They asked me to contact their Security Department."
"Claimed to be from my bank informing of suspicious activity on an Amazon account. Checked all accounts no activity"
"Asked for personal info .said was from Pay Pal. Said had unwarranted payments but I’m. It with PayPal"
"Didn't verify their identity . No caller ID given, female caller, stated 2 transactions queried. the 2nd for £1000. I was not asked for, and did not give any personal info in reply. Checked online Bank acct & C/.Card acct, but no unrecognised / strange transactions."
"Claimed to be from a bank and said £799 had been taken. They said to press certain numbers but I just ended the call."
"Scam call pretending to be VISA card services enquiring about a suspicious transaction. I played along until I was sure that it wasn't VISA."
"Asked for account/card details advised we had fraudulent activity on account"
"Claimed to be from my bank .Telling me that there was two transactions one from Amazon and the other one was for 9.000."
"Automated/robocall - claimed to be from a bank (was unable to hear which)"
"sounded as if it was message from the bank saying there has been suspicious unauthorised transactions on my card with Amazon for £199 & either Vue (or Zoo -hard to decipher ) for £899. If I wanted it to go through I was instructed to press 1 & if I wanted to cancel I needed to talk to bank security and press 2. I have done neither as think it a scam. Automated recorded message"
"Bank Security called about 2 odd transactions, one for £99 and another for £799.00. Asked me to press 1 to cancel or 2 to talk to them."
"Claimed to be from my bank. The say that a new DD has been setup on HSBC (which I don't bank with) and that I should call them at that number"
"Claimed to be from my bank saying activity on card"
"Claimed to be from my bank - Visa. It was a recorded message saying there had been fraudulent activity on my account. I stopped the call before it went further, having had a similar call earlier."
"I had a recorded message saying they were a bank fraud dept and i had had money taken from my account for amazon and Zoom and to press 1 or 2. nothing has been taken from my account. I have had this exact call before (although the amount had gone up this time) from a different mob no."
"Said my visa had been charged £783 I put the phone down"
"automated call claiming to be visa mastercard"
"Beware!! Man calling from Bank Security to say somebody has been taken unauthorised money from my account... !! He said that tickets from Edinburgh to London were purchased So, I replied " i know my card was used and right now the police is dealing with it and that the police told me to report your number!!!" He put the phone down....(I knew he was a scammer, he had rang a work number that it is hardly used....!!) They claimed to be from a company"
"Scam call with recorded message pretending to be Nationwide Building Society and inviting the recipient to press 1 if they did NOT authorise a £900 payment to Ebay. They claimed to be from a company"
"Claiming I had a VISA payment taken, and press 1 to talk to someone about it."
"Claimed to be from my bank reporting possible fraudulent activity on my card. Did not give a bank name. Was the second call today from a different number.,"
"Mentioned suspicious activity.£799 charged to my VISA account."
"AUTOMATED CALL Claimed to be from bank security stating payments made on my card no mention of who my bank is. Similar script to dozens of other claims all quote Amazon £ 99. Definitely a scam attempt."