2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 72 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.1 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 2,238 different numbers. 300 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.
"Claimed to be from barclays bank by the name of emma"
"They claimed to be from a company. angry"
"Automated/robocall Claimed to be from bank, saying there was unusual activity on my account, and to press 1 to approve or 3 to report fraud. This number is not associated with my bank, and there were no suspicious transactions taking place."
"Automated/robocall claiming to be from National Insurance, something about odd activity and the North of Wales. Told me to press 1 to talk to someone but wasn't convinced so hung up."
"They claimed to be from a company Amazon saying unauthorised payments have been made from my account. Checked my account and no such payments show so assume this is a scam."
"Asked for account details Threatened disconnection Offered a fake deal or upgrade Claimed to be from my network Said my 5g service would be terminated. Wanted to send a new sim."
"Pretending to be an Energy Supplier kept the phone back over and over again. I called my energy supplier to confirm there was nothing wrong with my account, and he still called back, insisting he was from the gas company."
"Claimed to be Your Bank Security Department. Hung up immediately, before theyhad time to tell me they'd spotted suspicious transactions."
"claims to be apple contact due to temporary restrictions on account and a link to click to resolve"
"Felt like a scam. Asian man claiming to be from BT but almost certainly calling from an Indian call centre. Rang off when challenged."
"Automated/robocall. This is a regular scam message heard many times from multiple phone numbers. Automated voice stating "This is your bank security department". Claims two suspicious transactions have been charged to my card, one from Amazon one from Zoom. Caller wants you to talk to someone in the bank security team."
"Offered a fake deal or upgrade claimed to be from o2 about my contract but my contract isn’t with o2. Claimed that all other providers are just third parties of o2"
"Automated recorded message Claimed to be from National Insurance saying my identity had been stolen. And to press 1 ."
"They claimed to be from a company called Courmacs Legal reclaiming Motor Finance Claims"
"Something didn't feel right. Pre recoded voicemail to say my national insurance number has been compromised"
"They claimed to be from Amazon telling me my delivery of an iphone17 would be here tomorrow"
"Claimed to be from bank security"
"Claimed to be from virgin re broadband. Indian voice. No response when phone passed to me but line left open?"
"Claimed to be from Amazon with account issues"
"They claimed to be from a company Vodafone. Vodafone have confirmed this is not their number."
"Claimed to be from Amazon . that a £800 gift card was puchased and to press 1 for help"
"Stated from visa security, recorded message"
"They claimed to be from a company Vodafone"
"They claimed to be from a company - Dampguard. Could be a prerecorded message"
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