"Claimed to be from immigration and had an "important document" was automated and quite clearly a scam"
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
"Claimed to be from my network . SCAM"
"Pretended to work for BT but doesnβt. Called two days running despite being told not interested."
"Claimed to be from my bank security. Said there had bben a transaction on my account for Β£150 for rail fair from Edinburgh to london."
"Claimed to be from Amazon saying someone had spent Β£800 on my account."
"Asked for account/card details claimed to be from my bank saying to large amounts of money. Going out and asked for my bank details"
"impersonated my boss and made me buy gift cards"
"Claimed to be from BT Openreach, trying to check my broadband."
"Calling often and when one time you pick up saying your crypto wallet was hacked"
"'Bank' (not even specifically a bank I use) cited charges to my account from Amazon and another and I should press 1 or 2. Suspicious because banks don't use voice recordings / AI to make calls and also don't use 077... numbers."
"Automated/robocall claiming to be from HMRC Automated HMRC message"
"Claims to be Vodafone. I am not a Vodafone customer"
"Claims to be from immigration and that claim have called you previously."
"Claimed to be Immigration Bureau. There's no reason they would contact me."
"No real person on the line. Stuttering AI call claiming to be Vodafone."
"Claimed to be from Amazon and asked for account details"
"Claimed to be from Amazon Unrecognised number"
"Didn't verify their identity and evasive"
"Didn't verify their identity very suspicious"
"Immigration scam call aimed at chinese"
"Claimed to be from bank security."
"Asked for personal info wanted to pressure into changing sim. Dont give any details away its a spam."
"Mentioned Bitcoin or trading claimed they were a law firm"
"stated large charges made to my account for on line purchases from Amazon"