"Felt like a scam claiming to be from the metropolitan Police"
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 72 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.1 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 2,238 different numbers. 300 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 1,342 · 57%
- Suspicious 995 · 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 650
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"claiming to be from a company called Bill Compare at least 5 calls a day from several numbers, alegedly Glasgow based very harrising"
"Supposedly Imigration calling."
"Automated HMRC message ,I ended the call"
"Pretended to be from DVLA - its not."
"A non-white sounding person with little ability to speak English, claiming to be from British Gas. They sounded retarded so it may well have been legitimate."
"Text Claimed to be from my bank . Said a payment to a person unknown to me (Callum Duncan) had been initiated . Urged me to call this apparently London number. Text came from Morocco"
"Claimed to be from my bank, regarding purchase of rail tickets."
"Claimed to be calling from Vodafone and that he wanted to discuss my account. I'm not with Vodafone but played along. Asked me for my account details so I asked if he shouldn't know them already. He started running the"security questions" excuse so I told him I thought he was a scammer. He started shouting something unpleasant so I hung up."
"They claimed to be from a imigration company"
"Automated/robocall Answered the call but nobody on the line - concerned it might be a voice cloning set up"
"Said she was virgin media calling about internet connection"
"Automated HMRC message. Calls many times over!"
"Something didn't feel right , offering to check validity of landlord/tenant agreement. Oriental 'advisors'!"
"She said a phone had been bought on my Amazon account clearly a scam. I donβt have a Amazon account"
"Claimed to be from my network . claimed new phone contract taken out in my name and being used for criminal purposes. metropolitan police involved (they claimed)"
"Claimed to be someone I know Trying to get money sent, bank account number.bers"
"Claimed to be from Vodafone - totally unexpected call and extremely heavy Indian accent - I told them I did not believe them."
"Suggested that my NI number had been compromised and I should press "1" to speak to someone before they took legal action. LOL"
"They claimed to be from a company from lloyds'with suspicous activity"
"pretending to be Google and bing"
"Felt like a scam and from a union asking me to fix payment issue."
"Saying my national insurance number has been compromised. Automated message"
"Claimed my email on the account was being changed. Link to phone them (not the real bank's number"