"Called me, said from claims team, when I asked what company it cut off"
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 72 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 57% 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 Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone).
Numbers used
Reports tagged Impersonation call cover 2,238 different numbers. 299 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 1,342 · 57%
- Suspicious 995 · 42%
- Unknown 37 · 2%
- Safe 1 · 0%
Most common call type: Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone)
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 20
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Morning 6am to 12pm 650
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"pretended to be a visa check"
"Claimed to be from immigration - press a key for English / Chinese - Clearly Hoax # Don't ever press buttons just hang up #"
"Went to voicemail but claimed to be visa security department suspicious transactions on my debit card. Well surely my bank would call for a debit card not visa!"
"Claimed to be from Amazon. recorded message"
"They claimed to be from a company barclays claimed an payment to ebay on credit card i do not have and to contacta number"
"call twice and robot Chinese voice telling me that I got parcel over 2 days not sign. My account will be locked. press one for English and two for Chinese. 100% scam"
"Claimed to be from my bank , from the fraud team. 2 calls"
"they claimed to be from HMRC when put through they asked what did I want, when I said you phoned me they put phone down"
"Didn't verify their identity and claimed to be calling about fraudulent debit card payment"
"No real person on the line ; said have made repeated attempts to contact. Then press 1 for Chinese."
"Claimed to be a Dr named Dr David James but the photos that were shared was of Dr Yousef"
"Unknow mobile number. Message left stating from PC World and press 1 to stop a payment of Β£699.99. I have never subscribed to PC World. It's a scam."
"Claim to be my mother but they arenβt"
"Automated/robocall claiming to be from immigration service Automated/robocall"
"pretended to be an ee agent"
"Definitely a scam. Voicemail left of recorded female voice asking for their number to be added to my WhatsApp contacts."
"Claimed to be from Sky, asked for feedback on using services. I'm not a Sky customer so suspicious."
"Something didn't feel right . They asked about my student finance but when I asked who is calling they cutted the conversation"
"Claimed to be from energy provider, when I questioned it became very rude and condescending"
"Apple Scam"
"Claimed to be from energy provider Ended the call before enterin conversation"
"Claimed to be from my network EE and said that they were offering a 40% discount. When asked why they need to ring why don't they just put it on the account. We have to ring Ma'm"
"Automated claimed to be from Amazon in regard to an order of i phone asked to confirm but I ended the call"