"SCAMMER. Got a text saying it was my eldest son telling me to delete his old number. It was not my son at all."
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
"Felt like a scam - Said immigration department calling and asked to pick language between chinese or english"
"Said they were from O2 but they're not."
"Impersonated my son on WhatsApp, saying he had had to change sim due to water damage and asking me to make bank transfer. Rang son immediately and this was a completely made-up story. Amount would have been just over ยฃ1500. Felt like a scam"
"strong foreign accent, said they were from a TV company."
"Cold caller said they were from SKY."
"Said they were from vodaphone with a discount offer"
"claimed to be from EE had similar number to previous scam callers so blocked it also checked thru EE directly and was informed that number nothing to do with them so its a scammer"
"Claiming to be from Barclay card in India"
"Said they were from Black Horse Finance but their behaviour clearly showed it was a scam."
"Scam bait farm trying to get my details. An Indian person called, fishing for my info, saying they were from Three and that my card would be blocked in three days. I used to be with Three, so I nearly fell for it. A call to my current provider showed it was a scam."
"Said they were from Vodafone when they clearly weren't."
"This number is saying they are from sky."
"Claimed to be from energy provider"
"fake EE caller"
"Called me today at 1.00pm saying they were from 3 mobile. This is the second time theyโve phoned me. They knew my personal info and then wanted to transfer me to their senior colleague. They were asking questions that they should have known if they were the provider."
"Automated call claiming to be from BT. I don't have any services with BT. I didn't soeak. It called me twice trying to get a response then ended the call."
"Said they were from Vodafone and wanted to offer a 20% discount"
"Said they were a scammer making a ridiculous claim that 'it' was calling from BT, a company I don't have an account with."
"Scammer called lying about being from BT, which I donโt have an account with."
"pretending to be from 3 network lol I'm not with 3"
"Pretending to be from Sky, they did a password reset using your email then asked for a 6 digit code to get access to your account."
"Caller said they were from BT (couldn't catch the company name because of their thick Asian accent) and mentioned I needed to renew my contract, offering to put me through to a manager to talk about it. When I asked them to confirm my BT account number, the scam fell apart! I hung up with some choice words!!!"
"Said they were from CS Energy saying they picked up a fault code while monitoring my solar panel invertor and needed to send an engineer. Nobody monitors them, it's a SCAM. I told them to go F* themselves and they hung up!"