"Felt like a scam automated voice from a mobile number claiming to be from immigration services"
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
"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."
"Scam immigration call targeting Chinese people"
"Automated HMRC message didnβt stay on for long enough"
"Claimed to be from my network, foreign call centre claiming to have my number from a promotions list but doesnβt know what network Iβm with"
"Automated HMRC message " you have failed to reply to written contact. Legal action will start. Press 1 to reply. American accented female recording."
"π¨ SCAM ALERT β DO NOT ACCEPT THIS CALL π¨ β οΈ Scam caller claiming to be from Amazon. The caller spoke with an Indian/Pakistani accent and claimed that I had purchased a new iPhone through Amazon. This is completely false. I have never made this purchase and I donβt even have an Amazon account. The caller was clearly attempting to scare me into believing there was a fraudulent purchase on my account, most likely to obtain personal or banking information. π Number used: 07724988215 β DO NOT give them any personal, banking or security information. β DO NOT follow any instructions they give you. β DO NOT call the number back. π« BLOCK AND REPORT THE NUMBER. Please share this warning with family and friends, especially anyone who may be vulnerable to these types of scams. Stay alert β Amazon will not ask you to provide sensitive information over an unexpected call."
"Said I owe unpaid tax. Received an image headed HMRC with a contact number. Said i was committing fraud and to contact them."
"Claimed to be from the Government. Kept giving very vague information as to the nature of the call and kept asking to speak to a senior member."
"said they were amazon someone used my account"
"Claimed to be from Sky but didnt know my name or postcode. We're going to give me a discount but didn;t know how much I was paying. Tried to get personal information. Sometimes they use this landline and sometimes various mobile numbers. They are very persistent."
"Claimed to be from Sky but didnt know my name or postcode. Were going to give me a discount but didn;t know how much I was paying. Troed tpo get personal information"
"Purported to be from Amazon - don't have such an account. Reported and blocked"
"Claimed to be from Amazon, used Whatsapp with amazon icon. Very hard to understand"
"Had a blocked transaction at 4:39am my bank declined. . . Then an automated service called impersonating a bank and asked for my dob. Ended the call there"
"Mentioned suspicious activity. Did I authorise certain payments to Amazon, claimed to be my bank, without saying which bank or which member of my household this applied to. ( Message left on Answerphone as caller number was not recognised so did not pick up)"
"Claimed to be from my network (EE), not my network"