"claimed to be security"
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 72 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.1 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 2,238 different numbers. 300 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 1,342 · 57%
- Suspicious 995 · 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 650
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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 Vodafone. Couldn't determine purpose"
"A scam and a fraud. He poses as an Englishman, signs up on dating apps, and deceives women. He uses this number on WhatsApp."
"Nigerian scammer pretending to be someone else"
"Claimed to be from my bank fraud dept"
"Claimed to be from Amazon fraud squad"
"They claimed to be from a company Amazon"
"Claimed to be from Amazon ,but have nothing on order from there"
"Possible AI voice claiming from BT telling me to press a button to listen to a message, as an EE customer now for two years, and was a BT customer for years, they never phoned me, if anything, I phoned them. it's obviously a scam."
"Claimed to be from Sky saying Sky maintenance had expired and needed credit card details. Asked what bank you use then quotes the first digits of the card to prove they had your card previously (first digits on a card are the bank code and the same for everyone with that bank) took Β£160 from the account."
"Claimed to be from Sky and said Sky maintenance had expired. Took card details"
"asking for money claiming to be someone else - identity fraud"
"Said they were calling from 3 and blocking all SIMs due to security breach"
"Claimed to be from my network - automated network fault - please press one = hung up"
""New number" WhatsApp scam . Pretend they want to update my gp record"
"Threatened arrest or legal action. earlier it was automated voice recoarding saying HMRC will issue a legal warning against you, please dial 1 to speak to officer. When I dialed 1, it was answered by a male operator asking for my name. I said I don't want to disclose my any details, please send details through post. And he asked, are you from India? It was strange and worrying."
"Claimed to be from my network and said they were sending a new sim to me."
"Called claiming to me my child."
"said he was from Amazon and that someone was trying to purchase an iPhone from my account."
"Didn't verify their identity - Stated from EE - Said there was a problem with my phone and it may stop working, I stated this better not be a scam as the number they called was a work phone - caller then hung up"
"Felt pressured to act. Recorded message claiming to be from Vodafone about issues with my service. "Press 1 to continue". Did nothing. Caller hung up."
"Something didn't feel right called out of the blue offering asked a lot of personal gestions"
"American voice saying they were HMRC and to press 1 to speak to someone as I owed money!!!!"
"Called, checked my name then hung up"