"They pretended to be from 3, wanted me to reset my password. When I rang 3, they told me it was a scam."
Impersonation calls
2,382 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,245 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 71 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.8 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. 304 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
"Said they were from immigration services, asking if I spoke Chinese"
"Said that he was a Sky sales person and I would get a better deal. When I mentioned I am with O2, he said O2 and Sky are merging and I should give him all my details. When I said this wasn't convincing, the O2 man put the phone down."
"Claimed to be from my network and even though I was telling them I was in the hospital recieving chemotherapy they were still insisting and still insisting on that scam rhetoric telling me my SIM would no longer work"
"Asked if I could hear him, I said only just to avoid saying yes in case the caller was trying to commit fraud. The male caller hung up."
"Called, said they were Lycamobile, gave discount call offer"
"Said they were calling from Three, but this seemed like a scam"
"Said they were EE about my account. When I told them I don't have a EE account, they then said it was 3. I also don't have that 😂"
"7/04/26. 3.30pm. "Are you the lady of the house?" The foreign accent made me think of an attempted scam from a while back."
"Said they were from Three Mobile so they could access your account."
"someone called as "EE" trying to reduce my bills and when I said no they told me to go to heck. DEFINATELY NOT EE."
"Scam call saying my bank card was used for fraud. They didn't say who they were so its a scam. Be careful!!!"
"scam call said they were from 3 mobile, just block them"
"Scammers 100% claiming to be 3 mobile"
"Scam call saying they were EDF."
"Text, claiming that my phone had been linked to Ahmed's i-Phone, and if I had not authorised this I was to text back "N"."
"EE APPARENTLY"
"Said they was from Barclays bank"
"This is a scam calling as Scottish Power, claiming there’s a billing issue. They call and then send a text after. I’ve checked with Scottish Power and they said it’s NOT them, they are looking into it."
"Said they were from SKY, don't trust this number, they're scammers. SKY wouldn't call from a number like this."
"Just finished a call with them, the guy said he was from bt (I know bt don’t do outreach calls) when I told him I knew he was a scammer he began to deny that he worked for bt. Very strange, he hung up on me lol"
"Bank security called about charges on my card."
"Sky save 40% scam. They managed to send me a proper verification code and asked me to read it out to them. Obviously never give these codes out"
"Pretended to be Amazon, asking if I wanted to cancel an order. Asked what Amazon orders were arriving today and then he hung up. Sounded Indian as per BBC programmes and I could hear many others in the background."