"Claimed customs fee needed . Ask me to call the number and call dropped"
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 72 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.1 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 2,238 different numbers. 300 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 1,342 · 57%
- Suspicious 995 · 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 650
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from Vodafone, but I use Lebara!"
"Felt like a scam, heavy accent and didn't say what company they were calling from"
"Claimed to be from my network and offered fake deals"
"Criminals claiming to be from Vodaphone"
"Claimed to be from my network (vodaphone) but I'm not with this provider"
"They claimed to be from a company , O2 in particular"
"Claimed to be from my bank . Hung up as I didnβt give any information. Reported."
"Claimed to be from my network some fool"
"Fraudulent use of cards followed by impersonating bank fraud team. Asked me to transfer money"
"This person telephoned me this evening claiming to be from a company that would help me regain access to my Ledger crypto wallet. I do not have any problem with my crypto wallet. My details were, however, hacked from Ledger's servers some years ago and must now be on the dark web."
"Pretending to be from Paypal. My actual balance is Β£0"
"They say they are financial advisors from T4Trading and very hard to withdraw your money out. I cleared all trades on Friday and Monday when I tried to with draw they put on a trade and lost all my money and after that I was bombard with scam calls I did not answer I had to block them. The Company wont answer the phone to sort it out."
"Automated/robocall TELLING ME TO CONTACT ON WHATSAPP THEY NEEDED TO SPEAK TO ME"
"Felt pressured to act and call them back as they said that they have written and emailed me but I know the company they are suspected of calling from but not received anything"
"This number shown up on the screen while I was on the call to OVO Electric it was masked as my mobile number"
"AN AUTOMATED VOICE NOT ASKING FOR ANYBODY BY NAME there has been suspicious activity on your Amazon account and Β£700 has been taken, press 1 to speak to us"
"Claimed to be from Vodafone. Threatened disconnection, saying sim card will be disconnected within 3 days."
"Spoofing eon next phone number doesn't address you by name then directs you to security questions. . Seem to be a thing now spoofing legimate companies numbers Called multiple times"
"Claimed to be from Amazon , tried to get me to install remote desktop on my devices"
"Prank call Pretended to be a police officer"
"Asked for personal information. Airline scam"
"Pretending to be from the NHS asking to update your personal information, specifically repeated the steps in Chinese"
"My phone flashed a spam warning, they claim to be from the immigration office.."