2,382 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,245 numbers.
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.5 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 2,245 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 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.
"Pressured me to act fast. Booking.com holiday info stolen, the number what’s apped me pre tending to be the hotel, asking me to confirm the booking. Time pressure etc. I called the hotel and their system has been hacked."
"Computer voice said they were HMRC, think it's a spam call."
"Scammers pretending to be from BT."
"They claimed to be from a company Amex claiming that there's a fraud on the card"
"A message purporting to be from an immigration department trying to contact me and then it reverts to Chinese. I have had three or four these calls so far, one every month about the same time. This is scam."
"Claimed to be from Amazon . Sounded Indian. Immediately suspiscious. He couldn't reply to simple questions about my accounT. AVOID!"
"Pretended to be a family member messaged saying they were my eldest on a new number as they broke their phone but when checked throw other people wasnt true expect it to be the start of an scam"
"THEY ALSO COME UP AS SY POLICE. Pressured me to act quickly , they called saying if I do not comply child will be taken away robbed me of £700"
"Asked for me by name and hung up - redialing is a premium rate call"
"Bank Security .I was told to press 1 to check.. Both names mentioned I do not deal with.. Obvious nasty scam.. I have blocked the number"
"Indian accent, said his name was William? You have to be kidding me."
"Didn't verify their identity . . . ."
"said they were from the council tax department, Cardiff - they may well be but I had no way of checking"
"Automated HMRC message. Threatened arrest or legal action and asked for immediate payment"
"Felt like a scam calling at 05.30 claiming to be an ambulance service."
"They claimed to be from a company claimed to be from BT and asked to speak to the main internet user."
"Wanted bank details and very persistant when returned call said number not recognized"
"Automated/robocall that said it was HMRC and I had missed tax payments and was about to get into legal trouble"
"Claimed to be from my credit card company. Claimed there had been one or two suspicious transactions. When I said I'll call them back, they hung up."
"They claimed to be from a company - Barclays. I hung up"
"They claimed to be from HMRC. They are not do not send them money."
"Claimed to be from my bank Lloyds but I don’t bank with them"
"Felt pressured to act , I was called this afternoon at 13:26 it was an automated voice saying 'they' were a fraud team saying I was just about to send £700 to someone and if I did not know anything about this I should press 'I think' it was 1, I hung up, please be aware this could Very well be a scam."
"Claimed to be from Amazon - asked if we had placed an order and sent me a ''Verification code' via WhatsApp"
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