Impersonation calls

"You need to hang up right away before they hack your phone while you're on the call and make up some nonsense about legal stuff to get your details."

"pretending to be 3 mobile and saying they were contacting me because someone just tried to buy a phone using my account"

"This number called saying they were a legal representative. About historic chid abuse cases"

"The bloke told me he was from my life insurance company doing some kind of review. He wanted my security details like date of birth, address and stuff. I asked him what company he worked for but he kept dodging my questions. In the end he got rude and put the phone down"

"This number called saying they were a legal representative. About historic chid abuse cases"

"Scam caller said they were 'from National Accident Law'"

"Said they were BT. Told us our internet was up for renewal, or it would be cut off. This was a scam caller."

"Said he was from BT head office. When I pressed him, he wouldn't share who he was, just kept saying he was calling from BT head office, saying local businesses wouldn't know because they're not the wholesaler. It felt suspicious and rude. When I asked more (since BT had confirmed earlier that I had no works scheduled), he hung up on me."

"Calls asking for people who handle energy contracts - pretended to be local - then got rude and vulgar when you said you weren't interested!"

"Ben called from the "heat loss team". He had an Australian accent and it was an overseas call, so not Oxford UK. Number looked fake, so a scam for sure."

"Asian man called saying from O2 that my sim card would stop working in two days and they needed to send a new sim. Scammer"

"Keep getting phone calls from this number, and a message saying they were from Haart Estate agents. A woman, Rosario, phoned and asked about my house and said to call back on 015225841977. The Haart office in Lincoln knows nothing about this."

"Said they were from the Government Insolvency unit"

"Said he was from 'UK Health' but had nothing to do with the NHS. Ended the call."

"I picked up and they said they were calling from British Medical Association. They asked about covid jabs and flu jabs then asked about life insurance. The call woke me up so I was taken odd guard. I should of known straight away it wasnt the BMA! Soon as I answered the questions they hung up on me. Left me feeling quite violated"

"Automated impersonal message, said they were from HMRC and threatening legal action. Ignored the request to press 1. Just hung up."

"They called and said they were EE, but I don’t believe them"

"Said they were from HMRC. Ended the call, it was a SCAM."

"posing as EE"

"A recorded message in a strong American accent said they were HMRC, that a package sent to me had been returned, and that they would start legal action right away unless I called them. I don’t owe any tax, so it must be a scam."

"Phoned, said that they worked for BMA, and wanted me to say if my vaccine record was correct. I ended the call then."

"Indian sounding bloke told me he was from GoCompare. I put the phone down. They dont call you."

"They said they were from Dept of Health and Social Care in England. Sounded like they were checking a postcode when I asked where they were based. I asked them to prove who they were. They told me it wasn't for them to prove themselves, but for me to prove myself. I said no, they had called me so they needed to show who they were. They hung up."

"Said they were 02"