"Said they were HMRC and legal action would happen. SCAM"
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 72 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74 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
"Someone called my 88 year old mother from this number and told her it was the police. I tried calling them back and it was always engaged."
"Said they were BT and wanted to update my phone to digital"
"Said he was calling from Sky"
"Got a call while I was calling Sky mobile, very suspicous as if intercepting my call"
"Suspected scam call from this number - I missed the call and then called back, he said he was from Sky, but when I told him I wasnβt interested he said βf* you you [profanity]β so I guess heβs not really from Sky! 01924 972623 -"
"Robot caller said they were HMRC"
"They were pretending to be from HMRC."
"They were pretending to be from HMRC."
"Said there was a problem with 3 mobile, and even 3 confirmed it's not true."
"said they were pretending to be Sky"
"Said they were Barclays bank calling me after buying Nation Express tickets. DO NOT CLICK MESSAGE."
"Got a voice message saying they were from the bank security team. Scam"
"They claimed I was reported for owning tax"
"Said they were Amazon"
"Indian woman calling pretending to be from 3 network. I called the number back and said that 3 would never call me. They put the phone down"
"SCAM CALL - got colleague details from online, said they had to give a message that was really cryptic!"
"Called about HMRC VAT and court action soon. I don't think the caller was really from HMRC."
"Said that legal actions would be taken against me."
"Got an automated call from this number claiming to be from HMRC, saying that a letter is on its way about legal action against me. They asked me to press option 1 to stop legal action. I just hung up on the scam call."
"Indian lady (poor english) rang my mother twice. She said that she was calling from the NHS and that my mother could get a commmunity alarm/blood pressure machine. She said that she needed my mother's address to send paperwork and the machine. I gave her a postcode and she asked me to check the house number. I told her if she was from the NHS then she should already know the house number. She told me the wrong number and started to stutter, so I put the phone down. Very suspicious!"
"Said I own a place he rents, kept asking if this was my phone number."
"said that it was o2, and that my service would be disconnected"
"They said they were from SKY and asked if I was happy with their service, claiming I was a good customer and always paid on time, plus they could offer me a 40% discount. Then they started asking questions, and I told them they should already know the info and I was not happy to give it. They said they'd e-mail me and send me the offer, then hung up. Sounds really dodgy to me."