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.
"Automated American voice HMRC message re payment of VAT"
"They asked me to press one, or they would start criminal proceedings"
"The caller said he was from BT head office, but asked loads of questions about my BT account that he should already know if it was real. He thought I had BT broadband, but he was wrong."
"Claimed to be from my bank"
"Automated/robocall from US Customs threatening legal procedures if I didn't pay"
"They claimed to be from a company Sky mobile offering me a discount on my mobile bill, so why are they using EE and not their own network."
"Threatened arrest or legal action"
"Said he was calling from Barclays Bank"
"Fake Amazon call saying I owe them money"
"claimed to be from amazon saying someone was trying to purchase appel iphone on my account Felt pressured to act"
"Advised that a legal letter from HMRC was coming my way and to press 1 to speak to an advisor"
"Fake card fraud scam. Pretends your card has been hacked. Gives no details and doesn't do the normal security checks that all banks do. They want you to engage with them so they can get your bank details off you."
"Automated/robocall..telling me that my card had over £100 taken off for a train ticket to Edinburgh. Obviously a scam. It gave me one or two options, one of which was to press 2 to speak to an advisor. I did so and a non English speaking guy picked up. He asked me why I was calling and I said he had called me and who was he. He became very hostile and repeated that I had called him. He then told me to [profanity] off and that I was a [profanity]. I didn’t get time to tell him exactly what I thought of him as he put the phone down. I tried to call back but it was an engaged sound. Later this evening I called again and he picked up. It sounded like the same guy ( can’t be sure) but he played dumb, said he didn’t know what a scam was,I advised him to change his number as I had reported him."
"Claimed to be from Openreach, using a mobile phone number. very Asian accent."
"Didn't verify their identity"
"Didn't verify their identity"
"They claimed to be from an energy efficiency orginisation. Said we have you down as the homeowner.... when they hadn't even checked who they were talking to.... We said we don't engage in this type of call and hung up."
"Loft insulation scam call. The caller sometimes says his name is James (no surname). He doesn't listen. If you leave a voicemail, he just keeps talking."
"I was told that the tax office would issue a arrest warrent because I did not reply to there letter."
"Claimed to be from Amazon"
"Said they were Amazon, saying I'd just bought something costly. When I questioned him he got very rude and nasty."
"said they were from the tax office"
"Scam call saying they were my mobile network provider from three.... im not even a customer, they had no idea who i was but said they could lower my call charges.... blatent scam"
"Scam caller saying they were calling from Three. It seemed dodgy right away, saying they would lower my bill, but then they wanted my details, which I think is to steal stuff. I REPORTED it TO THREE"
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