"Felt pressured to act Apparently from Vodafone with a really good iPhone deal. I was onterested, so they sent me an email with all the contract details but wording was awkward and it came from this email address: [email protected] A call to Vodafone confirmed this email is not theirs and they never call from a mobile number."
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
"Made out I had plumbing insurance cover with Anglian Water and I was due renewal. I've never had any plumbing cover. Told me I'd taken it out 3 years ago. Nice try scammers."
"Felt like a scam, claim call from immigration"
"Claimed to be from Sky calling all existing customers to make sure they were happy with their services. I said oh, I don't have Sky so I am wondering how you have my number and they immediately hung up"
"Caller was evasive says he was from sky"
"I got a number of calls from this number from someone saying they were Ross Bentley from a recruitment firm called Korn Ferry. But no job existed, it was a scam."
"Felt pressured to act , said they were fraud prevention"
"Claimed to be the the Immigation Office needed to contact, but gave no name of whom they were trying to reach. I was to select either English or Chinesse as the language to continue."
"fake immigration enforcement notice Asked for personal info"
"Guy said he was from BT, same old scam spiel."
"Saying they are HMRC and posted me a letter which has not been returned and legal action will be taken. Press 1 etc to speak to somebody. what a load of CRAP, I am not liable for tax in the UK. GOTCHA SCAMMERS"
"scam call from vodefone to get phone with free gift hammer and samsung watch"
"They claimed to be from a company They are intact not"
"They call claiming to be from an organisation and ask for money . Most time they say they are from the organisation group chat i am in. And when I speak to people on the group it isn't any even when I check the contact lists . They keep calling different people using different names."
"Fake call pretending to be calling on behalf of a relative in a nursing home. Asked for payment of "private emergency services". Called different relatives, every time saying it was for a different service and threatening to take us to Small Claims Court to recover "service monies". Foreign accent."
"Pretended to be family member advising me it was their βnewβ number. I checked with family member who said it was a scam text"
"Said she was from O2 and when I put the phone down she rang back and asked why I did that. Said her name was Mary."
"Claimed to be from my network , said my SIM was out of date, would be cancelled tomorrow and they will have a new one sent to me tomorrow morning. Strong Indian accent from a call centre, slight delay before he started speaking."
"Scammer pretending to be from Virgin Media or Sky, offering big discounts."
"They claimed to be from a company Lloyds Banking Group and asked me to call a London no: 020 3885 0905 - financial scam number"
"Asked for personal info, said he was from Amazon some one has brought a i phone in my name ,told him i dont have Amazom account he said i need to go through security to stop it ,he said that i need to do what he said now ,told him no i will deal with Amazon as i know some one who works there he then hanged up."
"They claimed to be from a company, pretend to be Amazon fraud department, telling me that I ordered iPhone 16 and asking questions, i hanged up, this is not Amazon numer"
"Threatened or pressured me claims to be from HMRC"
"Claimed to be from Sky first called me on a Greenock Number 01475268343 then 30 min later same guy called me on Bournmouth number 01202166520, quite nice first time and not so nice 2nd time wanting my email address to send me discount link for sky. I called sky independently and they confirmed call not from them, I did not provide email address. Blocked both numbers, but calls keep coming from other numbers"