"Didn't verify their identity called several times said some wrong name"
Impersonation calls
492 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 469 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are rising: 70 reports in the last 7 days, up 35% on a usual 52 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
99% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Robocall / Automated Message.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Impersonation call cover 469 different numbers. 304 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 247 · 51%
- Suspicious 232 · 48%
- Unknown 7 · 1%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Robocall / Automated Message
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 151
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 278
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Evening 6pm to 12am 55
Latest reports
"Automated HMRC message threatened arrest and legal action. I hung up."
"Said they were monitoring as my Internet was being used for possibly money laundering. Asked me when I last used my Internet. I said you're monitoring you tell me. Asked again so I hung io."
"trys to be a bank so its a scam"
"Claimed to be from my network , Natalia calling from 3. Line was bad, so I couldn't hear her. SCAM, Block number"
"Automated/robocall - Claiming to be from Financial Investigations"
"They claimed to be from Natwest"
"Claimed to be from my bank saying they had detected an unusual charge on my account."
"Usual Asian caller with suspicious and false name."
"A fake person or scammer using this number on Snapchat and telling that he is a doctor named Dr. Wilson Harry from London and using fake photos and told me to add this number on watssup to chat with him."
"Something didn't feel right , said police officers were coming to arrest me unless I paid for a fictitious fine"
"threatened vodafone service unavailability"
"Pretends to be Property Housing Officer offering help with housing issues. Starts call with usual "how are you today""
"They claimed to be from a company asking about some repairs to the house that i have reported and asking about certain issues of the house and it sounded like he was calling from an contact centre when asked him questions he put the phone down so i knew it was scam"
"They claimed to be from a company asking about some repairs to the house that i have reported and asking about certain issues of the house and it sounded like he was calling from an contact centre when asked him questions he put the phone down so i knew it was scam"
"They claimed to be from a bank security company"
"Automated HMRC message - used an automated message claiming to be from HMRC"
"amazon scam call"
"Claimed I won a prize which I never"
"Claimed I was mis-sold finance and offered to represent my claim. I have never had car finance or any other type of secured loan."
"Automated HMRC message A very bad robotic message. Put the phone down and blocked the number."
"said it was vodafone regarding service, need to contact customer service, just press one to connect. i am not on vodafone ?."
"AI bot calling about property damage issues that I don't have. Repeated the same script so I hung up."
"they had my name, claimed to be from a debt recovery. I dont have any debts, never had any debts. suspicious call, hung up and blocked"