"Threatened arrest or legal action saying it’s the hmrc"
Impersonation calls
2,382 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,245 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.6 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. 303 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 EE and that my sim was being changed, they then sent a notification from google to my phone. Clearly trying to get into my google account, i challenged him and he put the phone down."
"Automated HMRC message - Supposed letter returned Threatened arrest or legal action"
"Didn't verify their identity - Drop call and then deadline when you call back"
"Threatened arrest or legal action Vague accent went straight into message without asking who they were speaking to"
"Claimed to be from Visa stating fraudulent payment via Amazon"
"Scam caller pretending to be from Sky"
"This is a spam caller pretending to be Sky with 40% discounts"
"Claimed to be someone called Sarah representing a company I have never heard of. Interrupted me when I was taking my blood pressure. Needless to say I had to repeat the exercise once it had gone down!"
"Something didn't feel right, threat message to extract money"
"Something didn't feel right. When I answered the call, the person (male voice) said that he had had a missed call from my number. Which was untrue. I ended the call. He then sent a message saying that he was driving at the time and asked me to call him back, which I did not."
"Offered to take phone, switch details and send it back same day, called the real O2 and they don’t offer this service."
"pretended to be from EE"
"pretended to be from EE"
"Said I owe unpaid tax l"
"Automated/robocall claiming to be HR and want to discuss a job asking to add the number on whats app"
"Automated/robocall Asked to press a code"
"Claimed to be from my bank . Claimed to be from my bank, urging me to push a button to get through to the 'bank safety team'. It was a mobile number with bad AI."
""New number" WhatsApp scam ai voice was added"
"They claimed to be from Vodafone and that my phone plan would be suspended. I’m not even with Vodafone. I made sure not to speak because these scammers now record your voice to use it maliciously."
"They claimed to be from a company (VODAFONE) saying my service was about to be suspended"
"Stating they will suspend your network if you don’t call back"
"Automated/robocall claiming to be immigration"
"I did not answer an automated voice message was left which said If I don’t call back, they’d use my NI number to collect.n"