"Advised on 2 payments that where picked up my fraud dept"
Fraud prevention calls
49 community reports tagged Fraud prevention across 49 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Fraud prevention are steady: 2 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 2.3 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 59% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
92% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Bank Impersonation Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Fraud prevention cover 49 different numbers. 15 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 31 · 63%
- Suspicious 14 · 29%
- Unknown 2 · 4%
- Safe 2 · 4%
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 15
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 29
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Evening 6pm to 12am 5
Latest reports
"Automated/robocall claiming to check fraud"
"Said money had been taken out of my account. I put phone down."
"Automated call claiming to be Lloyds Bank fraud prevention, hung up checked with Lloyds this is a scam number."
"We have Mr. Muhindo Nicodemus from Uganda emailing us about been getting messages from the person named Rose Bradbury/Branbury. She has been impersonating as a staff from We Caare group in the DRC where we have no branch and we are only operational in the UK. She has been asking him to register orphans in my region and later on said that she's sending relief items to them. She has a team that she says it's distributing these items and her team has taken his money of USD 978. Her contact number that she Uses is +447727735681. She uses Rose Branbury as her name and says she's your staff. She uses your organisation name to fraud people. In Uganda she uses Mr Agaba Emmanuel as an agent."
"said i had 2 unusual payments (Β£700 and Β£1200) then gave 2 options. option 1, speak to a Fraud agent and get this sorted or option 2, approve payments. left it going for maybe 10 seconds before they hung up."
"Claimed to be from my bank fraud dept"
"Immigration fraud spam call"
"Follow contact from 07709300560. I received another call, again immediate message via vetted transcription answer machine. Bot recording on both accounts. This time stating HSBC as the identity. Message as follows; This is a message from HSBC customer support and Ford prevention line. An attempt of a charge of Β£ x-amount on your account was detected if this action wasn't made by you please"
"Claimed to be from my bank requesting I contact my bank as there is some fraudulent activity"
"Automated/robocall claiming charges against my account - press key to call back"
"Phone states potential fraud"
"Automated/robocall. Call sounded as though it was from outer space. Foreign person trying to speak English. Sounded like another card fraud message but hard to understand. I blocked the #."
"claiming to be from fraud prevention asking if I'd used my card at curry's pc world for Β£600 something and said press 1 or the transaction will be processed"
"They called my phone said potential fraud so I didnt answer and it rang out then they called back straight after but it didnt ring for as long they didnt leave a message"
"Claimed to be from Santander Bank and said I might have been a victim of fraud. Was a recorded message so I hung up - were obviously after my bank details etc."
"Said suspicious payments on my card"
"Verified caller identity - called the number on the nationwide website, was a real nationwide credit card fraud check"
"Car PCI payment fraud"
"Mentioned suspicious activity large charge on my account"
"Barclays Fraud prevention"
"Felt pressured to act , said they were fraud prevention"
"Didn't answer call but message left saying it was fraud department from my bank. It's not the number I have for fraud team."
"Automated/robocall - alleging that there are fraudulent items on my account. Clearly a spam call . Do not respond, just put the phone down"