"No real person on the line Sounds like AI voice"
Impersonation calls
2,377 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,240 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.3 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 2,240 different numbers. 301 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 1,343 · 56%
- Suspicious 996 · 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 652
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"I have been in talks with Sky which made this even harder to detect...I asked for his name and a different number to call. I asked probing questions to ascertain if he did genuinely know about my call the day before but he didn't give me any detailed information. I suspect it was a scam call, I spoke with a supposed "Manish", he sounded suspiciously like a bot and was not the most professional which is unlike Sky itself."
"Claimed to be from "immigration office""
"Automated voice saying ‘unusual activity on my bank account, Tap 1 or Tap 2’ I hung up and blocked mobile number."
"unknown caller , Indian voice, who knew my name and offering insurance"
"Claimed to be from Sky, a MALE spoke (never said their name) - Asking for feedback. I passed the phone to my mum, they asked my mum for her security answers. When my mum said no (She said to me they sound dodgy) I took the phone to speak and a WOMAN said no problem, have a nice day and they hung up. SKY only contact my mum's direct number on a different provider, never SKY SIMs"
"Felt like a scam - saying from the Immigration dept"
"No introduction - Automated call purporting to be a part-time job opportunity and requesting to be added to Whatsapp."
"Automated HMRC message. Hung up before they said anymore."
"Felt like a scam - caller announced themselves as being from the 'Immigration Department'. I hung-up immediately and blocked number."
"Claimed to be from my network Asked if I was having connection problems."
"Claimed to be from my network, said was to get 40% off, sounded like an indian guy trying to do a scouse accent, when I asked what my name was, he said, in an indian accent, "you don't know what your name is?" and hung up"
"Claimed to be from my bank - recorded message stated 2 recent bank transactions by card that were deemed suspicious & press to speak to an advisor. Called 08.20 - 17.9.26"
"Didn't verify their identity . Said 2 payments taken from my account giving details, I just said which bank are you and they hung up. Bank telephoned and no money requested from my account for Amazon £99 and to be sent abroad £11,000"
"Automated/robocall asking preferred language (press on for English, two for etc etc). Claim to be immigration department"
"Bank fraud call"
"Robot caller offering fake employment"
"cLAIMED TO BE O2 , INDIAN CALL CENTRE SCAM"
"They claimed to be from a company british gas and wanted to speak to accounts for a meter reading"
"I don't know how many calls from different numbers with the same robot I've received. I mark as spam but it might be a scam. It's a robot voice saying to add the number to whatsapp for some job opportunity or something. Seriously I'm so tired of receiving these calls every couple of days."
"Automated voice claiming to be from Aviva and telling me there were 2 suspicious transactions on my account, one for £799, the other for a much smaller amount which I can’t remember. I’m not even sure Aviva offer financial accounts and I certainly don’t have one. I was told to press 1 to authorise them? I hung up but my assumption is that I would have been asked for some personal or financial details with which they would take money. Incidentally this call wasn’t long after a call from a “Cheltenham” no. telling me that there was a suspicious £800 transaction on Amazon, also reported."
"Claimed to be from Amazon and mentioned suspicious activity of a transaction on my account for £800. I don’t have any credit account with Amazon and only ever pay as I order. Told to press 1 if it wasn’t me. I didn’t and a reporting now. Automated voice as well."
"Threatened arrest or legal action."
"Claim to be from Immigration services - and that they had been trying to contact me - No real person on the line -Repeated automated calls"