2,377 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,240 numbers.
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.3 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 2,240 different numbers. 301 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.
"Rang me up to tell me I was using their wifi. Then said that he had my IP address and phone number."
"Cockney woman said she was from "indeed Human Resources" and wanted me to add her number on WhatsApp. Very suspicious"
"Said I owed 600 pounds on my Amazon account and kept saying he loved me. Stay away!!"
"Called again from this number and kept saying he loved me after mentioning there was 600 pounds of debt in my Amazon account."
"Said they were Three Network."
"Spam. They called and said they were from three. I contacted three to check and it wasnt them"
"Scam saying you got a contract with 3 mobile"
"Said they were BT"
"Scam calls saying they were Bank Security to an old lady"
"Said it was the 3 network...but I'm not with 3?"
"Recorded message. Said they were HMRC taking legal action against me. Said they sent me letters (which I haven't received). Did not say my name or why they were calling other than "legal action"."
"Seemed like they were pretending to be O2"
"Got a call asking if I had ordered an iPhone from Amazon. When I said no, they started talking about my card. I asked what this had to do with Amazon, and they asked again about the iPhone. I said I would check my Amazon and I hung up. I checked my account and there wasn't any phone order."
"Didn’t get far into the convo before I blocked and hung up. They said they were from O2, but I told them that's not how O2 would reach me, as the number didn’t show O2's name on the phone screen. I told the caller not to get in touch again. Then they went on to call me two more times."
"Called from Sky... not sure it was really them... said they were checking the line. When I took a moment before answering their questions, they hung up."
"Said hmrc was initiating legal action against me then transferred me through to an advisor who asked why I called when I said they called me he hung up"
"Claimed to be from my bank and I was having £900 taken from my account press 1 to stop this I hung up"
"Bank said there were suspicious payments from your account. Press1 to authorise or 2 to discuss"
"Sent in an email, pretending to be from the online bank Revolut. It's a scam."
"scam. Said they were Barclays"
"Said they were from Barclays"
"Think it was a scam. They said they were from BT. Didn't feel right."
"An asian male voice called asking for Mrs (surname withheld). I asked if this was a scam. He swore at me and then hung up. He really brightened my day."
"Polite Asian man, said his name was Thomas, couldn't catch the company name. "It's about your BT contract". I told "Thomas" that it's been over 10 years since I had a BT contract. He didn't ask for my name, just if I was the manager. Sounds like a scam.."
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