"claimed calling from BT internet stating that home internet has gone public, been hacked, or has a compromised IP address.Suggested they help me to change vpn"
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 74.6 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
"They claimed to be from a company BT and talked about cancellation. I am 85 years old. Claimed to be from my network"
"Getting many annoying calls saying they are from 3 mobile. I've never used 3 mobile. I get called every day from this number or other numbers, saying they're 3 mobile."
"Fake Sky salesman wanting your payment details. Very dodgy."
"Scam call pretending to be 3 mobile. They say they can cut your bills but are actually after your data to get into your account. Don't engage!"
"A woman with an East Asian accent called, saying she was phoning from Virgin Media regarding my internet. I told her I didn't think she was with Virgin Media and she hung up straight away."
"Claimed to be from Amazon"
"Said they were from Barclaycard fraud prevention"
"Threatened arrest or legal action"
"I almost fell for a scam a few years ago so they have my name and phone number. They know too much about the cause, but claim to be the company that have taken over. They hung up when I said that they were scammers"
"Automated/robocall - claiming to be from immigration, said important message press 1. Repeated in Asian language then hung up"
"Said they were from O2 but like always, just another scammer from an Indian call centre. The number being an Orange number is a bit of a give-away."
"number goes to AQL who are linked to GCHQ etc, So it looks like government franchises going after the public, with intimidation tactics- could be a disgruntled employee misusing their system- either way its a breach of decency."
"Said from the 'Immigration Department'. It's a scam call made over the internet"
"Threatened arrest or legal action"
"Said they were calling from HMRC"
"Claimed to be calling from bank /card fraud , recorded message , said hi , etc"
"Said they were from HMRC and were going to take legal action"
"Threatened arrest or legal action"
"They claimed to be from "bank security department". Automated/robocall"
"Claimed to be from my network"
"The woman with a strong East Asian accent said she was calling from Virgin Media about my internet. I told her I didn't think she was from Virgin Media and she hung up straight away."
"Called from mobile purporting to be from a car dealership that we have used. Call outside business hours and subsequent call to dealership indicated that person did not exist"
"Automated HMRC message"