"Caller said they were from Vodafone and sent me a text to verify. I was driving, so ended the call. Contacted Vodafone who have no knowledge of the call."
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
"Pretended to be O2, asking for details to give a 40% discount."
"Said theyβre calling to replace my SIM card. I asked if O2 are calling all their customers! Mad."
"said it was BT, but something's not right"
"Metro Bank Impersonation"
"Said they were from 3, very rude after I'd kept him on the phone for almost 15 minutes (not my phone bill βΊοΈ)"
"Says from O2?"
"Vodafone impersonation"
"Told me I had won a competition for Β£200 from Aldi. I donβt enter competitions, and they wanted bank details! The man was quite aggressive and also rude"
"Told me they were sky with phone deals"
"Claiming to be HMRC, saying their letter sent to your residence and got returned. Giving you option to speak to an officer."
"Rude call centre bloke with a heavy Indian accent, kept trying to talk over me. Said he was ringing about my British Gas account which is complete rubbish, I've never had one. Knew my name though and had my mobile number. Now blocked."
"Said they were abouit fraudulent transactions"
"Pretended to be calling from Sky offering amazing discounts and free iPad. I didn't get to the bit where he was going to ask for my bank details as he hung up when he realised I didn't believe him."
"Said they were HMRC and asked for my name. When I said they should know it since they called me, they hung up."
"Called regarding tax I apparently owe, even though my employer sorts my tax properly Very sus"
"amazon business fake"
"Said he was calling from National Grid, wanting an employees mobile number but wouldn't say why before hanging up"
"Pretending to be Amazon, said someone tried to buy a phone on my account then sent me a text code to confirm to them. I hung up at that point."
"Got a call from this number saying they were from Amazon (sounded believable). Checked with Amazon and they said it was a scam call."
"Said they were from british gas"
"Tried to say they were from Sky. Cut off once I told them I don't have sky."
"01164010933 and 01258787537 used this number asking to confirm my details. They had my name, address, phone number and email but wanted my date of birth. I ended the call at that point."
"Voice recording saying its HMRC n i need to press 1 to talk with someone or action will b taken. Most probably a scam. I'll wait for the action haha"