"HMRC Scam for unusual activity"
Impersonation calls
2,377 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,240 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 70 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.3 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 2,240 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 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 1,343 · 56%
- Suspicious 996 · 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 652
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"They said they were calling from the police, but they hung up when I asked for their rank and badge number."
"trying to log into whatsapp accounts by asking for an OTP"
"saying they are from Newday Card reporting scam"
"Received a message on the answerphone saying they are trying to take a large amount from my bank account. Did not mention any bank name or other ID."
"The caller said he was doing a survey for the DWP. I told him to ring back on Friday. I checked the number and saw it was a scam."
"Said he was Adam from the London mint office, didnt bother answering"
"Pretending to be from 3 mobile network"
"Called and said they were the phone company, sounded real"
"Said they were Amazon, asking why we had not placed orders recently and were we buying from someone else. I opened the Amazon business account and asked her what my last order was. She put me on hold and said it takes some time to find out, after 30 seconds I hung up."
"Tried to say they was O2"
"Impersonating BT"
"Said he was calling from 02 about my "mobile" phone account. I'm not with 02."
"A cold caller woman said she was from Virgin media 02. I asked her my name, but she wouldn't tell me, saying it would be a data breach. I said how can you prove you're who you say you are and not a scammer? Obviously, I'm gonna be suspicious of you if you don't give any info, then she hung up"
"Said they were from the "NATIONAL INSURANCE AGENCY" and were an asian scammer scum. DONβT ANSWER!!"
"Claimed to be from Amazon"
"National insurance scammer. Told him to eff off"
"said they were from "bank security" - told me my card was used to buy train tickets for loads og money - "you've never used this company before" - "press 1 to accept the charges. press 2 to talk to us" - I just put the phone down."
"Pretended to be from Barclays - sent me texts that looked like Barclays and left a message."
"HMRC action against you, female recorded voice with an American accent"
"Call centre giving "discounts" to current O2 customers."
"Said they were from scottish power. Wanted to set up a smart meter"
"Said they were from Amazon"
"Said they were from my network provider but got the wrong network and didnt even know my name"