"Felt pressured to act. Caller said they were my local energy advisor. Unsolicited and irritating. Potential 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
"Call you and ask if you have submitted an order from Amazon. She said she is one of the member of the CS team in Amazon. I said no I didn't order anything and she cut off the line. May be a scam call."
"Claiming to be from Vodafone asking if I had any complaints or issues Offering 45% discount on current network bill, remain for 12 months on existing account and services. He requested to confirm how much I paid last month. I said I cannot remember, something like Β£38 per month approx. He then confirmed my last bill was Β£39.50 and new bill is Β£21.73 from the next month for 12 months on the same existing contract. He also said they would give me 500 international minutes on my telephone. I said how can you do that? I do not have a telephone contract with Vodafone? I asked what my address is if this genuinely Vodafone, he said he would send me verification and promotion to my email address (gmail) I explained I do not use a gmail address for personal use. TOTAL SCAM!!!"
"They claimed to be from a company EE and able to lower bills"
"Pretending to talk about damp report"
"Automated/robocall - βThis is the last notification to update your information. Please run for English customer service and press 2 for Chinese customer service.β¦β. Chinese scammer again."
"Said "this is Nationwide. Press 1 to listen or please hang up". I hung up and blocked number."
"Called multiple times . said from HR."
"Asked to add them to WhatsApp unsolicited phone call robot"
"Asked for personal information Identified as [REDACTED] from Sussex police. Accused of a Amazon fraud type scenario.-Asked to meet as a location at a certain of I will be arrested."
"Messages on Signal from this number - romance scammer, sends pornographic photos and is looking for [profanity] for money."
"contacted me on whatsapp regarding a booking for a hotel in japan, from a uk number, as impersonating an existing german business name (Toduu UG - haftungsbeschrΓ€nkt) and asking to click a link to domain nothing to do with the hotel "[REDACTED]" which has actually already been taken down."
"Claimed to be from Sky, noisy background"
"impersonation of others"
"Claimed to be from Bitcoin and wanted to talk about my account with them. I have no such account."
"Claimed to be from my network sending sim, but as soon. As I said word yes, they hang up"
"Automated/robocall - said had used Amazon card and needed to press 1 to cancel and 2 to contact bank security AVOID, IGNORE and REPORT"
"Claimed to be from my bank- SANTANDER"
"Something didn't feel right - said he was from the fraud squad and they had apprehended a suspect wiith my details, very well spoken I'll give them that. hung up after 10 mins as it was pretty odd when I queried what a card number they had"
"Claimed to be from Sky Very noisy background, disconnected when I said I didn't have Sky"
"Called about my "housing problem". I don't have one. Other sites report impersonation of Housing Officer. I hung up and blocked number."
"Claimed to be from my network VODAFONE"
"They claimed to be from 02. Said lots of things indicative of a scam and asked for personal details (name and age)."
"They claimed to be from the Immigration Department but obviously not. Put me through to man with barely legible English. When I asked why they phoned they immediately rang off."