"Automated/robocall Claiming to be immigration"
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
"Claimed to be american imigration"
"Recorded message claiming to be from immigration"
"Threatened arrest or legal action from immigration put phone down"
"Automated/robocall immigration department"
"automated phone number claiming to be immigration"
"They claimed to be from a company Boarder less Immagration"
"I am receiving an automated call from this number stating that it's related to immigration and asking me to choose my language, offering options 1) English and 2) Chinese."
"Scam immigration call targeting chinese"
"Foreign accent calling from the government immigration? Tough luck mate I am a citizen"
"Claimed to be Immigration Office and asked me to choose my preferred language; went silent when I did"
"They claim to be a call from the immigration service requiring personal details"
"Didn't verify their identity .Strangest call I've had in a long time. Someone saying they are from the Immigration department and want to speak to me. I said what is this about? They then started saying "speak Chinese", "speak Chinese" repeatedly then hung up. I rang the number back and phone message said this number is not recognised."
"From immigration office"
"Auromated sounding voice with an American accent claiming to be the immigration office"
"said they were from immigration services and asked for my insurance number. i told them to go scam someone else and hung up!"
"Something didn't feel right - a recording in an American accent said the immigration department were looking for me and that I "should not ignore the call and take this call when called". Well I had, I had answered it! No reason for immigration to contact me. Am a British citizen with British passport living in Britain! Hung up before the end of the recording."
"Robot voice, claims that I've got an important message from UKVI, asks me to press 1 or 2 to select English or Chinese."
"They claimed to be from a company. Uk immigration then end the call"
"automated call saying it was from immigration office, asked me to pick a language option, i hung up and blocked the number so be careful."
"Automated voice saying they were immigration service. Hung up immediately, as 07 numbers (personal) should not be asking for this."
"automated call claiming to be from the immigration office."
"Automated recorded message, and claimed to be from "immigration services" despite the fact I'm not an immigrant."
"Automated HMRC message said it was the immigration service????"