"They claimed to be from a company - said they were EE but EE have no record of calling me"
Impersonation calls
2,382 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,245 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 69 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. 302 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 my computer was infected; Asked for remote access: I strung them along for as long as possible then they got (very) abusive and accused me of wasting their time (!!) and hung up. The call was immediately followed by another from a different number (07931533076) who proceeded to get extremely angry and abusive because I had strung the previous "technician" along. When I said that was because they were scammers, she called me some extremely unpleasant things! (I laughed.)"
"They claimed to be from Microsoft and got abusive when I told them Microsoft would never call so this must be a scam"
"They claimed to be from a company Amazon.Indian accent. Told them to remove me fro their list and not to call again called again 3 time till i blocked the number,"
"They claimed to be from a company (VodaPhone)"
"Claimed to be from my network wanting information"
"Pretending to be UPS - the delivery company"
"Claimed to be the financial conduct authority, that a case had been opened against me, press 1 to speak to a employee"
"Claimed to be from microsoft alleging scammers had access to my computer!!!!"
"THEY CLAIMED I'D MADE AN INQUIRY INTO A REFUND OF CAR FINANCE SOME TIME AGO. THEY ALSO KNEW MY NAME. I'VE NEVER HAD A CAR ON FINANCE SO I KNEW IMMEDIATELY IT WAS A SCAM."
"Recorded message claiming to be from immigration"
"Called multiple times and pretended to be financial"
"Asked for personal info Caller asked for me by name but I asked who he was. He identified himself as Nathan but wouldnβt say who he was from or why he was calling and refused to until I confirmed who I was which I refused to do."
"Claimed to be from my network sounded bogus straight away. Indian or similar accent. Great deal of background noise. Did not use my name, said hi this is Jim calling from EE how are you today? I hung up immediately, called EE who ran a check to see if they had indeed contacted me today. They had not. The customer service agent from EE put a notice out to all other agents that this is a bogus number and a scam call."
"wanted to know IP address very foreign voice a scamsked for personal info"
"Automated/robocall CLAIMED TO BE LONDON POLICE"
"claimed he was from yahoo"
"Asked for personal info Very nice-seeming lady. Sent me an email to confirm who she was. It seemed legitimate to me; however, no one else seems to agree, and I declined to give personal info on this basis. If it is legitimate, it hurts in no way to go through proper channels instead of answering and giving info over the phone"
"They claimed to be from amazon"
"Claimed to be from my bank regarding declining withdrawal"
"Claimed to be from my bank reporting unauthorised payments"
"calling to say i had a large amount taken form Amazon and to press 1 to talk to an advisor"
"Tried to scam my granny out of Β£1800, pretending to be me"
"Claimed to be from my network Stated sim card needed to be updated"