"Claimed to UK HMGov Immigration. “Need to urgently contact etc, etc” Obvious scam. HMGov will not randomly contact via mobile"
Immigration office calls
116 community reports tagged Immigration office across 113 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Immigration office are steady: 4 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 4.8 reports a week.
When people report it
Friday is the busiest day for these reports, and 71% 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.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Immigration office cover 113 different numbers. 14 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 62 · 53%
- Suspicious 52 · 45%
- Unknown 2 · 2%
- Safe 0 · 0%
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 2
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Morning 6am to 12pm 11
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 82
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Evening 6pm to 12am 21
Latest reports
""Press 1 to continue" message apparently from immigration office"
"Claimed to be from "immigration office""
"Felt like a scam - saying from the Immigration dept"
"Felt like a scam - caller announced themselves as being from the 'Immigration Department'. I hung-up immediately and blocked number."
"Automated/robocall asking preferred language (press on for English, two for etc etc). Claim to be immigration department"
"Claim to be from Immigration services - and that they had been trying to contact me - No real person on the line -Repeated automated calls"
"Something didn't feel right said it was the immigration office but I’m native"
"Scam call, immediately answered by a robotic voice claiming to be from the immigration department."
"Automated call from UK immigration services"
"Called multiple times, pretending to be an immigration service."
"Apparently I missed a call from the immigration department, that I shouldn't miss as it concerns me..... Not very intelligent scam"
"Felt like a scam called saying from immegration"
"He said he is called from the Immigration"
"Fake immigration department. Pressured me to act fast."
"some immigration bereau press 1 for english 2 for chinese rest of call proceeded in chinese"
"Something didn't feel right said it was from imigrasion I'm uk citizen .nearly 80 year old"
"Border Agency government scam. pretending to be from immigration office. SCAM!!!"
"Claimed to be from immigration department and then spoke in chinese."
"Called and when not answered after a few rings, hung up. Unknown number, but getting lots of scam/fraud numbers i.e.HMRC, Immigration, Microsoft"
"Automated/robocall claiming to be immigration"
"Felt like a scam, claimed to be from immigration"
"The scammer is posing as an immigration official"
"Something didn't feel right. Saying they are from immigration."