"claiming to be British Gas"
Impersonation calls
2,377 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 69 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.4 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
"Mentioned Bitcoin or trading. Claimed to be from Google. Asked me information about stocks, shared, and trading etc"
"Claimed to be from my bank saying someone had tried to use my account and that I needed to call a number urgently"
"Unsolicited home improvement offer. Claimed they were from the Council and could get my rented home fixed for free. 1. We are registered with the TPS so no legitimate company would ring us. 2. There has been a volley of these identical calls over the last eight weeks. This is the number he gave me to WhatsApp photos of the property to him."
"Claimed to be from my network vodaphone."
"Automated HMRC message asking to press 1 to speak to an officer and prevent further legal hassles"
"Claimed be calling from the "insurer of my "television equipment"... .. . but never got as far as any 'proposition' because I knew that to be a lie. I did nor recognise the company which put me on guard, but - and more critically - we don't have a single TV in the house."
"Automated/robocall, they claimed to be calling from HMRC passport office."
"Said it was amazon"
"Fraud attempt. Tried to pretend to be from visa and that card used on amazon"
"They claimed to be from a company FoneHouse, wanted to give me 40% discount on my existing plan but asked for my banking details Asked for personal info"
"Claimed to be from my network and wanted to know if I was in tomorrow to receive a new sim card"
"Claimed to be from my network was I happy with their service, they then disconnected and called Immediately from another number 07843253987 wanted me to give them certain details which I was not happy to do so cut them off."
"Didn't verify their identity getting too many calls with nobody on the other end of the phone or very suspicious"
"Claimed to be from Amazon obvious call center noise in background."
"Asked for personal info ,trying to scam and pose as southern water"
"Claimed to be from energy provider and said there was an issue with our bill. We have had these calls for 2 years. I have checked with our supplier several times and they never recognise the number being called from. They get iritated when i question them, and say they can prove they are from our supplier, then proceed to give us our meter number which would be easily found from anyone who had quoted us for energy before. When asked to provide our accoount number that the bills come from they would not give this .... as they do not have it proving they are not from our supplier."
"Claimed to be from my bank asked for my card info"
"Claimed to be from my bank โ ยฃ1099.99 to the merchant Amazon if this was not you please press one to be connected to a specialist fraud agentโ"
"They claimed to be from a company - Natiowide Claimed to be from my bank"
"Prank call . Claimed that the water in my area was contaminated. Called me babe. Blamed me for putting sewage down the sink"
"Automated/robocall No intro. 2 debits on my amazon account unauthorised, to press key to speak to finance depth. Total scam."
"Claim to be from Vodafone - Mumbai accent - Harry"
"Caller said he was from sky calling to save money on my account. I don't even have sky. SCAM !!!."