"Claimed to be from my bank security department advising suspicious activity on my account."
Impersonation calls
2,382 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,245 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 71 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.8 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 2,245 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 1,344 · 56%
- Suspicious 1,000 · 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 654
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,361
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from energy provider but had many concerts in what he was saying."
"Felt like a scam. Asked to speak with 'the lady of the house'! When I kept asking who is calling they said 'no' and hung up."
"Automated/robocall This UK freephone number, reportedly from BT, is generating numerous suspicious and spam calls. Reports indicate automated messages claiming to be from BT messaging services, often urging recipients to press '1' to hear a message."
"Claimed to be from my network Asked for my email to verify account - i dont hold the account wanted to deliver a new sim card didnt wait for them to ask for address details, i hung up - if they were b=genuine they would have called the account holder - haven't call centre in india"
"Asked for personal info requested bank details stated was legal and general insurance domestic appliance. Asked for personal info to verify gave me the wrong details saying my name was peter Parker - which is not. they then hung up. sounded like caller was Indian of origin."
"said he was from BT? scam"
"Something didn't feel right, purporting to be from BT Outreach"
"Shortly after being asked to provide bank details by a deliver scam caller, I received a further call from this number which seemed to be from the same area code as mine, so I answered it, and was spoken to be someone claiming to be from virgin media. I have no account with VM and no reason for receiving a call. The caller was clearly reading from a script similar to other scam calls, so I ended the call."
""New number" WhatsApp scam . A generated sounded voice asked me to add them on whatsapp"
"Claimed to be from my network automated looking to press 1 for further action"
"claimed to be me when messaging my mother, saying i'd dropped my phone in water and asked to message back on a different number"
"Said "Hi Mum, I dropped my phone in water, this is my new number. Both my children were in the house and on their phones."
"Claimed to be from Sky . Thick Indian accent. Wanted to check internet connection for download speed. I requested that I be emailed using the details they held for me (I didn't give my name or any details to the caller). He said that I'd already been emailed several days ago. I retorted that I had not been emailed and so I considered this a scam phone call. He became immediately abusive, calling me a effing [profanity] several times. Told him he was a scammer and advised him to get a honest job."
"Claimed to be from Amazon . Stated there was a problem with a recent Amazon order for apple iPhones that could not be delivered unless an additional security payment was made. The caller was female, oriental sounding voice, polite and there was the sound of a call centre in the background. She initially stated good evening ... When the time in the UK was early morning"
"This number called and kept saying their name Lexy and that they are friend of my friend Lucy"
"They claimed to be from a company Royal Mail"
"Unsolicited home improvement offer claimed to be from the housing and asked if I needed any repairs doing, he used my first Name to which was weird. I'm not even the registered tenant so why the housing would contact me I don't know."
"They claimed to be from a company and asked to be on my WhatsApp contact list as Indeed Recruitment."
"Asked me too add their number too Whatsapp too discuss job offer claimed to be from human resources."
"They claimed to be from a Sky, Indian callers"
"Automated message claiming to be from Indeed Human Resources, asking me to contact them about a job, and asking me to add them on WhatsApp. A real job agent would be wanting to speak to me directly, not using an automated message to get me on WhatsApp."
"Automated/robocall claiming it is Amazon"
"Claimed to be from Sky asked if i was having connection issues"