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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
"Threatened arrest or legal action sounded like foreign young girls"
"CLAIMED TO BE HM COURTS & TRIBUNALS SERVICE SUSPECTED SCAM"
"Felt like a scam ,claiming issues in my house"
"Bot caller (AI voice) which claimed to be from a property management company for student housing and that I had reported "damp or mould in the property" which I hadn't. Initially was unsure whether it was a person or not but after obviously not saying the next correct phrase, it repeated the same phrase three times with no variation. I hung up after."
"It is saying that calling from Amazon business , and sends the code on what's up , pretending that someone is trying to open amazon business accounts and they need to verify me"
"called me automated message to approve Barklays bank tranasction, press 1 if it wasnt you. Pressed one a very aggreesive operator answered the call pretending to be security and asking lots of questions on my details.. when I did not answer he was swearing at me."
"Autodialler; female sounding voice stated, "Hi, this is an automated call from Amazon..." I terminated the call and blocked the number Claimed to be from Amazon"
"Claimed to be american imigration"
"Claimed to be from Amazon , Mentioned suspicious activity , Asked if I didn't make the order if I had any idea what's going on and the hanged up immediately when they heard I was suspicious"
"They claimed to be from a company, Virgin Media, saying there's a problem with my Broadband"
"They claimed to be from a company t mobile"