"AI bot calling about property damage issues that I don't have. Repeated the same script so I hung up."
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 74.5 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
"they had my name, claimed to be from a debt recovery. I dont have any debts, never had any debts. suspicious call, hung up and blocked"
"rang advising that we had spent Β£700 and awaiting to be authorized"
"Threatened arrest or legal action sounded like foreign young girls"
"CLAIMED TO BE HM COURTS & TRIBUNALS SERVICE SUSPECTED SCAM"
"Felt like a scam ,claiming issues in my house"
"Bot caller (AI voice) which claimed to be from a property management company for student housing and that I had reported "damp or mould in the property" which I hadn't. Initially was unsure whether it was a person or not but after obviously not saying the next correct phrase, it repeated the same phrase three times with no variation. I hung up after."
"It is saying that calling from Amazon business , and sends the code on what's up , pretending that someone is trying to open amazon business accounts and they need to verify me"
"called me automated message to approve Barklays bank tranasction, press 1 if it wasnt you. Pressed one a very aggreesive operator answered the call pretending to be security and asking lots of questions on my details.. when I did not answer he was swearing at me."
"Autodialler; female sounding voice stated, "Hi, this is an automated call from Amazon..." I terminated the call and blocked the number Claimed to be from Amazon"
"Claimed to be american imigration"
"Claimed to be from Amazon , Mentioned suspicious activity , Asked if I didn't make the order if I had any idea what's going on and the hanged up immediately when they heard I was suspicious"
"They claimed to be from a company, Virgin Media, saying there's a problem with my Broadband"
"They claimed to be from a company t mobile"
"Said I owe unpaid tax, asked me for my bank details to pay off a Β£1,000 debt to them? I knew it was fake after I they started thinking what HMRC stood for"
"pretending to be calling from ee and trying to offer discount"
"Said he was from my bank about some transactions on Amazon and Zoo I had not used before. Asked me to press 1 to approve the transaction and 2 to speak to someone."
"Said they were from Bank Security"
"It took a while to reply after answering. A person with an Indian accent claimed to be from Amazon Customer Services. Hung up on them."
"PayPal impersonation scam"
"Took ages to reply after answering. Person with an Indian accent claimed to be from Amazon Customer Support. Hung up on them."
"Female voice: Claimed to be from Ipsos Mori on the screening VM, then when answered talked about a bank! I said Iβm not talking to you, hung up and they rang back immediately. Indignant, persistent little scammer!"
"Automated/robocall saying they were from "Bank Security""
"Claimed to be from EE and said they were my network (they weren't) and wanted to send me a replacement sim card. Scammers"