Impersonation calls

"They claimed to be from... a credit card company and someone was trying to use my card remotely and to press a button shown on phone"

"Called by a quiet woman who said she was from Lloyds bank. She was offering a review of my finances. Very convincing and then asked for my date of birth. I obviously said I don’t give personal info to cold callers and mentioned that I review my own finances. The number didn’t show as a nuisance call."

"Said they were checking services from Openreach for a company I'd never heard of. Tried to make me think they were BT calling. Nice caller but very dubious of the motives."

"Got a call from someone pretending to be from the British Gas Meter Team. When a work mate asked them for more info, they wouldn't give it, so we put the phone down. They rang back at once, and another work mate answered. They instantly started telling us off for hanging up and not listening, so we got annoyed and we"

"Claimed to be my CEO asking me to purchase vouchers to gift to staff."

"Claimed to be from my bank"

"Said he was from BT business, but when I rang the number back, it went straight to his voicemail and it didn't say BT switchboard and he didn't say he was from BT"

"A robotic voice said I was evading tax, then put me through to a woman who hung up quickly"

"Call from bank security team"

"Acting like they were Tesco mobile"

"Said he was from BT Openreach and that my IP internet connection was public. He wanted me to turn on my computer/iPad so he could guide me on making the IP connection private. I told him it sounded like a scam call, and he answered that he hadn’t asked for any personal info. I hung up on him."

"He sounded like a British white man. Good accent. Very clear. Anyway, he said "I'm calling about your Vodafone account, is it you that deals with it?" Then I hung up straight away. I don’t have a Vodafone account. Be careful. Scam calls are sounding MORE REAL. Not Indians anymore."

"Said they were from Sky Customer Service offering me a discount for no reason."

"Called pretending to be Sky Customer Services about a free discount"

"This number rang and told me they're from 3 mobile. They had special deals, pushing them, trying to convince me..."

"Said they were from visa"

"This number rang me and when I picked up, it was an automated message claiming to be from HMRC warning that I had ( but did not name me personally) owed them money and would take legal action etc etc. It wanted me to press 1 to speak to an adviser. I hung up and blocked the number. I can't find any references to this number online so I assume it is fairly recent, or they just haven't got to me yet and my number is one of millions being sold and passed around the globe. Thought I would share this experience here."

"scammers lloyds knew personal details"

"Pretended to be from EE. I told him he was a scammer and he hung up. Blocked."

"Indian voice said he was calling from the British Medical Association and asked if I was up to date with Covid vaccines. When I challenged him, he just kept saying F…you over and over in a quiet threatening voice, which I ignored. I stayed quiet until he gave up... scum."

"Claiming to be from BT regarding the national decommissioning of landlines. I ended the call as he was really pushy. Might have been trying to sell internet phones."

"Claimed to be from Sky offered discount on my bills wanted my email address but I hung up & reported it to sky who confirmed it wasn't them"

"Scam call. Claims to be Visa security"

"said they were from BT telling us our line was going to be switched off. wanted to sell leased line services"