"Pretending that national insurance number is used by criminals"
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
"They claimed to be from a company HMRC Threatened arrest or legal action"
"Claimed to be from EE, an issue with my account... l dont use EE"
"Claimed to be from EE, an issue with my account... l dont use EE"
""New number" WhatsApp scam Add me on whatβs app scam"
"Automated Dialer, AI voice, Phishing"
"Asked for personal info , claimed to be husband"
"pretending to be Barclays Bank"
"pretending to be Barclays Bank"
"Threatened arrest or legal action and automated message"
"Scam call, immediately answered by a robotic voice claiming to be from the immigration department."
"Something didn't feel right said something about my phone service would be cut off"
"Called multiple times they they claimed it was the bank saying amazon had orders for two itams one for Β£100 and one for Β£ 890 if i wanted it to be paid press one if not press two to get on to bank security. phoned my bank they done a check and said it was a scam.it pays to check with your bank."
"Claimed to be from my network but not been with 3G for over 20yrs."
"Caller was evasive and claimed to be from EE."
"Felt like a scam automated voice from a mobile number claiming to be from immigration services"
"Said they are cyber police"
"Said they Santander, reporting an a blocked payment to Amazon? Blocked and reported call"
"Claimed to be from Sky, but didn't address me by name or anything to indicate they had my info in front of them. Ended call abruptly when I said not interested in the money saving deal they were offering. No good bye. Red flags!"
"Called multiple times, pretending to be an immigration service."
"They claimed to be from a company santander about a payment for quikfix bedford for Β£245 i dont bank with them"
"Claimed to be from my network . Claimed to be EE, but apparently a Vodafone number. Odd"
"Automated HMRC message from Immigration β¦ request I call the number"
"Automated call pretending to be Pleo support. They steal your account details."