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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
"Claimed to be from Amazon and that my account had spent 800 pounds on apple music vouchers. I dont have an Amazon account, so this is unlikely"
"Claimed to be from O2 and checking up on how my phone reception was. I'm not with O2."
"money being taken from account Automated/robocall Didn't verify their identity"
"phoned claiming to be from Amazon"
"Was text message claiming to be Natwest bank checking if I made a transaction. Expecting me to reply Call. Telephoned natwest was not from them. Scammers do no reply."
"Claimed to be from Microsoft, claim Virus detected tried to get you to remote"
"Asked for personal information . Impersonating police from Charring Cross. Pure scammers trying to get your details."
"Apparently I missed a call from the immigration department, that I shouldn't miss as it concerns me..... Not very intelligent scam"
"Stated they were from O2. However to cancel the message s they require you to go through a long process. Looks very suspicious."
"Didn't verify their identity Said they had a missed call from me which they didn't."
"Say from SKY"
"They claimed to be from Vodafone"
"Felt like a scam called saying from immegration"
"The caller indicated he was from the national lottery. We ended the call abruptly."
"Claimed to be from my network smh"
"Claimed to be from Vodafone calling yesterday from a withheld number that Vodafone never do, wanted to send me a link to click on and said my sim would stop working tomorrow. I work for Vodafone so know this is a scam"
"Automated message claiming to be from Visa security team, querying some "suspicious pending transactions" for amounts in the high hundreds and up, and to press 1 to speak to someone on the team "IMMEDIATELY""
"Claimed to be from Visa Debit about a charge being made to my card of over Β£900 to someone in California."
"Claimed to be from my network said SIM card going to stop working"
"Claimed to be from Amazon and said they were trying to stop an iphone that had been ordered to be shipped to USA"
"ASKING IF i WAS OWED MONEY FROM CHILDALLOWANCE FROM THE 70'-80S RANG HMRC THEY NOW NOTHING ABOUT IT ////// THIS 5 TIMES NOW ALL DIFFERENT NUMBERS FOREIGN MEN AND WOMEN ASKING FOR ME AND NOT SPELLING MY NAME RIGHT"
"Something didn't feel right Pretended to be head office/ boss for work-related purchase"
"Claimed to be from Open Reach and my internet connection had been change to a public line."