2,383 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,246 numbers.
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.6 reports a week.
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.
98% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone).
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 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.
Most common call type: Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone)
All reports by the day they were submitted.
When reports are submitted, UK time.
"Automated recorded message from Barclays Card for payment to Argos. "Press 1 to continue" message to verify."
"Claimed to be from O2 regarding unsafe Internet connection but my internet provider is BT. I am also registered with the Telephone Preference Service. When I challenged the caller regarding TPS he said they had all my details and were calling to advise that my Internet was not secure, at which point I said my Internet was secure and put the phone down."
"Claimed to be from Sky but didn't know if I was a customer or not"
"They claimed to be from Amazon when I asked them to get to the point they told me to 'go [profanity] myself' very upsetting and verbally aggressive"
"They claimed to be from a company Amazon and had access to my account and iphones kept showing in my basket and then they wanted to have control of my laptop so I hung up"
"Claimed to be from my bank ada"
"Asked for personal info, I received a phone call from this unknown number pretending to be from a traveling agency. I asked where they got my phone number from, they said from their database. It's a definite scam"
"Threatened arrest or legal action , press 1 to prevent it happening"
"Threatened arrest or legal action if I don't press 1 to connect to advisors"
"Threatened arrest or legal action due to letter from HMRC being returned"
"Claimed to be from my network and said my IP number had gone public instead of Private."
"Threatened arrest or legal action due to suspect package"
"Claimed to be from my bank , saying suspicious activity on my account"
"They claimed to be from a company SKY LADY WITH AMERICAN ACCENT CALLED ME MAM said i was on my way out asked me to stop i put phone down"
"Claimed to be from my bank stopping a payment"
"Claimed to be from my bank but was a robot asking me to speak to them."
"Rang and said there amazon"
"Threatened arrest or legal action - Automated HMRC message"
"They claimed to be from a company : Yeovil"
"SCAMMERS SAYING BANK PAYMENTS TO AMAZON AND BOOTS NEED AUTHORISING"
"Claimed to be from 02 network"
"impersonating a bank"
"Automated recorded message pretending from credit card. 2 transactions, press 1 tp accept or 2 to talk to bank. Dangerous . Do NOT press any key. Hang up and delete message and report"
"Said from bank"
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