"They claimed to be from a company hmrc taking legal action"
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
"said they were calling from national Grid and wanted to replace our meters, trying to arrange a time to come to the property. National Grid don't replace meters in the UK and our engery provider has no idea and confirmed its not happening!"
"Claimed to be from Amazon , mentioned suspicious activity from my account and wanted me to download app"
"They claimed to be from a company a police station"
"Threatened to get the devil on me as I wouldn’t divulge information"
"Didn't answer in time. was expecting a call from GP surgery but THEIR number would show up as one I had saved."
"They claimed to be from a company "Assured Life". They stated my insurance company asked them to telephone me to review my life assurance policy (!?) GDPR???? I never gave authority for my insurance company to give my details out"
"Asked me to transfer money Told me I there was fraud on my account"
"Claimed to be from Amazon. Why was Amazon calling me from a mobile number. I have been scammed before starting with a similar phone call."
"Asked for personal info Claimed to ne from Lloyds bank. Then stated they were connected to the Financial Services authority.. Very sophisticated scam with screen sharing request"
"SCAMMERS. Said they were from EE and told me they'd send a new sim because of bad service. Tried to get my EE account password changed."
"Had my number but with different name, related to payment not received for accident. Claimed to be from UK Systems"
"Claimed to be from my bank, said that there was some unusual activity from my account."
"Claimed to be from Amazon . Told me someone had ordered iPhone on my account. Canada and India using my account. Nope. Checked straight away. All fine. Anyway Amazon don't ring you"
"Didn't verify their identity. Called as if from a bank. using a generated boice"
"Called multiple times, said something cryptic about having me now, then a slur that was unrelated to myself"
"Claimed to be from my network, said they were sending new SIM card, tried to change my password"
"They claimed to be from a company lycamobile, I don'd have lycamobile."
"Pretended to be family member - text saying hello mum"
"Saying they are Amazon. Definitely a scam."
"HM Revenue: We have identified an outstanding crypto asset declaration linked to your account. To prevent delays in processing, please complete it at: [website] -- Scammers! Don't fall for it."
"Stated they were from Sky, not trying to sell anything, but worried about losing customers so wanted to give me a huge discount. Then wanted email address, which the person wanted me to spell, I mentioned that if she was from sky she would have my email, she stated she did have it, when i pushed she said she was from the marketing department and they didn't have my email address. I gave a wrong email address which she then confirmed as correct. Then wanted my postcode etc for DPD to deliver paperwork confirming the discount. Put me through to supervisor who confirmed he had all of my details before confirming that the email address I'd given was correct.. He put the phone down when I pointed this out"
"Messages saying they’re my eldest child, using a friends phone because theirs is broken. Can I transfer £1900 for a new phone. I have no living children! Evil scammers"
"It was an automated call asking me to verify a building society transaction for £9k to someone called Mohammad"