"Claimed to be from EE. I no longer have an EE account. I gave them the boot due to their annual price hikes. I told the foreign caller he was obviously a scammer as I don't have an EE account. He intermediately hung up"
Impersonation calls
2,383 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,246 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 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 2,246 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 1,345 · 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 348
Latest reports
"Said they were from my network even tho im not with 02"
"He phoned my landline. Claimed to be George Miller from my internet provider. He knew my name and said someone was trying to hack into my account. I reported details to EE."
"Automated/robocall claiming police action would be taken if I didn't press one"
"Automated/robocall, HMRC spam call saying they had a letter sent to me due money back"
"They claimed to be from a company (Data Clinic) responding to a call back request, which I had *never* made. Felt pressured to act"
"Asked for personal info bank details claiming to be from Three network. Phoned Three customer services and they told me Three would never phone you from a mobile number and would never ask you for bank details."
"Asked for account details claiming they owed me money from Three mobile"
"Asked for personal info bank details because claimed to be from Three network and they had overcharged me so wanted to refund my bank account Asked for personal info"
"Called multiple times trying to get information from me. Claimed they were police and from Shepherdβs Bush police station."
"This company rang, saying they were from amazon -fraud department"
"Suspected scam - pretending to be EE"
"Threatened arrest or legal action for unpaid taxes"
"Claimed to be from my bank. Wanted me to confirm 2 big payments."
"Rang and asked for me by name. Told me I had unclaimed bitcoin. I said I have never had any bitcoin dealings so how can I have unclaimed funds? Calling me on a supposedly UK mobile number but when I asked for their address she said it was in Luxembourg π€£. I said she was a scamming criminal,told her to FO, then I ended the call."
"Claimed to be 'Bank security; automated - asking me to verify if i had made two payments - for services which sated I had not ever used before. This is a very dangerous scam. I picked up my phone today 09,07 26 but did not answer After the message - I put the phone down. This is a very dangerous scam!!"
"Felt pressured to act as it was a machine recording saying that my national insurance number as been comprised I've got serious medical issues and mental health issues"
"Didn't verify their identity said wrong number then same number came back up later"
"Didn't verify their identity keeps calling."
"Didn't verify their identity when asked they hung up"
"An unknown number called me.When I called back I got a message which suggested I had contacted them regarding a phone switch. This was not true. They claimed to be from a company saying I had contacted them."
"Claimed to be from Microsoft . I hang up but they kept calling form various numbers"
"Claimed to be from Amazon Customer Support"
"Threatened arrest or legal action - 07477766435 claiming to be HMRC - After consulting google AI, all HMRC are landlines."