"Threatened arrest or legal action needed to press 1 on keypad"
Impersonation calls
2,382 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,245 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.5 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. 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 1,344 · 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
"Threatened arrest or legal action, then asked to press "1" to speak to an officer. I ended the call there and did not press 1."
"Scam call. Claimed to be from Sky TV. Strong Indian accent, so probably calling from there."
"They claimed to be from a company amazon"
""Kate" with a very pronounced Asian accent, claiming to be from BT, asking if we used internet. Call centre background noise. Very suspect. Blocked. They'll try again."
"Said they were calling from United Utilities to renew the direct debit for insurance. then said the insurance company was linked to United Utilities. Wanted my bank details. They had my sort code but not the account number. I declined to provide it saying I wanted details by letter. Was transferred to a 'manager'. I continued to decline and asked for written details. Call terminated after the manager agreed to write. Further call 5 minutes later from a 'higher manager' who had listened in to the earlier call. Paperwork could not be sent without my account number. Eventually, he became very argumentative so I terminated the call."
"Automated HMRC message Threatening legal action would be taken, as I have not returned a letter I haven't received."
"Automated message claiming i was wanted for tax evasion. As there is no info about this number, it is almost definitely a scam."
"Threatened arrest or legal action Automated HMRC message Claimed to be HMRC"
"They claimed to be from HMRC"
"Automated/robocall Said they were HMRC and were going to start a case against me Threatened arrest or legal action"
"They claimed to be from a company, said something about "My colleague said you had housing repairs you needed doing." but it was clearly AI."
"They claimed to be from an IT support company."
"Automated/robocall The message starts with "Hello, this is a call from bank security." Clearly not from my bank which would introduce itself by naming the bank. Have had these calls from multiple numbers over the years. Why can't someone close these scammers down? Claimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank ,warning that money had been taken."
"Scammer said they were from Sky. When asked who they wanted to talk to they tried to dodge it. When pushed for a name, they gave a muddled name. Lastly, when asked to spell the name they gave, they just hung up."
"They said they were from HMRC and then stayed silent. Then they hung up."
"Pretended to be from WhatsApp asking details"
"Claimed to be from O2 calling about my sim card. I am not with O2."
"Automated HMRC message a letter has been return action going to be taken press to speak to an officer"
"Automated HMRC message Claimed I had an unsent/unreturned letter and to "press 1" to talk to an officer"
"Automated HMRC message, Threatened arrest or legal action"
"Threatened arrest or legal action. It was an automated voice saying a letter had beeb returned to HMRC and they will take legal action and promted me to press 1. Obviously a scam. They litterally called my work phone as well"
"Threatened arrest or legal action Auromated call from HMRC"