"I picked up and a person with an Indian accent asked if it was Miss (my name). I said yes and they just hung up. What a shame! I was ready to waste their time."
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
"“Legal action will be initiated against you shortly please press one to speak to our officer”"
"They claimed to be from a company - Amazon. I was told I had ordered an iphone and they would send me a code to cancel. I said I would use my Amazon app, but they said I could only cancel with the code"
"Apparently from Vodaphone"
"This number has just called me, its probably spoofed. The female speaking was pretending she was from my BT Openreach. She had no idea what she was talking about. She told me that my IP address is public... well yes, your public IP address is always public lol. She was going to help me resolve it so that my IP address is private and cannot be seen from anybody online.. hahaha When I told her my ISP IP Address is supposed to be public, hence the name "Public IP Address", then she just hung up. AVOID doing anything that these scummy scammers try to get you to do on your computer, they will probably try to get a remote software installed on your machine and they will steal your details."
"Said he was from BT, an Asian caller, but why not a UK number and why use VOIP if it's BRITISH Telecom? Hung up to save wasting valuable time."
"Said he was from Virgin Media with the usual spiel about do you have a problem with your internet signal. Told him no I don't and Virgin never call you if there's a problem you have to call them. Told him to jog on"
"It was a text message from the number above, claiming to be Natwest bank, and asking me to call 03300013037 in relation to an ebay payment I did not make. Claimed to be from my bank"
"Some pratt! Has just scared the crap out of my 82 year old mother, pretending to be from Barclays Bank and they needed her to go to the bank and withdrawal all her money. BAR-STWEARDS!"
"Claim to be Swedish police calling from the UK and that there was a warrant out for my arrest. Robot with American accent and saying to press a number to speak to an officer."
"They claimed to be from a company saying that I had opened a digital account in 2018 and that they now had access to the bitcoin in it. I have never opened up any digital account or purchased bitcoin, so hung up and blocked."
"They claimed to be from HMRC ringing about returned mail?"
"Automated/robocall from HMRC hung up immediately"
"Said I owe unpaid tax and to press 1 to speak to an officer"
"Didn't verify their identity , old man scamming"
"Pretending to be someone else"
"Said they were from Vodafone Networks but sounded like they were calling from a far eastern call centre"
"SPAM CALL!! (in an American like accent left a vm) saying it's HMRC & Customs - An official letter sent to you got returned back to HMRC Docs Dept. Legal action will be initiated against you shortly, Press one to speak to our officer."
"Didn't verify their identity. Kept calling and then hung up."
"Something didn't feel right caller claimed I had an accident. Which I didn’t."
"Claimed to be from Bank Security. Absolute pain. Just hang up and report this number"
"They claimed to be from a company lloyds bank"
"Message cut off at the beginning, but requested me to press 1 to "avoid legal action""
"The caller came on and said hello, and I answered. They said hello again, and I answered, then they asked if I could hear them. I said I could. They sounded like they were in a room with many other people in the background, saying things like, "You have had an accident", "I'm calling from Microsoft", and "Give me your card details now, the long number on the card". Seriously, these scam call centres need to invest more in larger spaces with better sound barriers :D He then said, "I want to talk to you, you f c you f a". He then put himself on mute so that it would look like he was taking time on a call. I left the call open until I got bored and hung up. Do not allow this number to get any details from you!!!"