"I got a call with a recorded message saying it was from the visa fraud team about someone trying to make an Β£800 payment from my card."
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 69 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.4 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 2,238 different numbers. 299 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 1,342 · 57%
- Suspicious 995 · 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 650
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"said that they were going to take Β£17000 out of my amazon account"
"Called and said they were from Amazon"
"Suspected scam pretending to be from enterprise car hire"
"Said he was calling from Sky to talk about my account - but I'm not a Sky customer."
"They claimed to be from... company for old people's home who said I had made enquiries about it. I had not?"
"says they called about your vodafone account being eligible for a business account upgrade, which it isnt. dont answer it, its a scam"
"Received a text from this number saying they were Amazon. It is NOT. The scary thing is, it actually gave the name and address of the parcelshop at the end of my road. But it is a SCAM! DO NOT CLICK! DO NOT REPLY!!!"
"Caller said they were from BT/Openreach and that my internet would be cut off due to errors on the line!"
"Called at 7pm saying they were doing feedback for Dwp"
"Called on mothers day saying they were from dwp and wanted to do a survey very suspicious"
"Automated call claiming to be from Chinese government. Been getting these for months. Yet another Vodafone number being used to scam people. Had a call a few hours before this one using a different Vodafone number claiming to be the "Immigration Bureau"."
"Fake call, pretending to be a Three service agent"
"an automated message that said it was VISA security"
"A caller from India said he was from 3 Mobile"
"Said I owe unpaid tax"
"Said they were doing a DWP survey...on Mother's day...seemed dodgy...asked them to send it in the post"
"Said they were from DWP,"
"The caller asked for the property owner. Used an incorrect first name but knew the address for the phone number. Said he was calling to do a health and safety check at the house. A vulnerable pensioner lives there. When told no one of that name was here, he quickly ended the call."
"Said they were from Debenhams fraud line"
"Hello, this is O2 calling.... Scammer ringing from India, dont give them any information they will steal from you."
"An Indian man called, said he was from Sky - scammer, so I hung up."
"After about 10 seconds when I answered, the caller said he was phoning from Haart Estate Agents, and read out my address which is listed with another agent."
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