"Pretending to be from ‘International FIFA World Cup on/line lottery"
Lottery calls
23 community reports tagged Lottery across 20 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Lottery are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 0.3 reports a week.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 65% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
100% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Lottery / Prize Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Lottery cover 20 different numbers. 1 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 19 · 83%
- Suspicious 4 · 17%
- Unknown 0 · 0%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Lottery / Prize Scam
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 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 3
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 15
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Evening 6pm to 12am 5
Latest reports
"Said I entered a draw and asked for my bank details if I won"
"I apparently won a competition for £1000 at Morrisons."
"Lottery scam"
"They called pretending to be the lottery, telling me I'd won some free tickets."
"Lottery scam, they called me 3 times in 2 hours and switched the last 2 digits."
"Someone called, said they were Lidl, and that I'd won in a contest from last year"
"Picked up the call, and it said "Thank you for calling UK lotto". Hung up straight away."
"They told me I won a competition then asked for money to pay for the postage, do not answer."
"Said it was the lottery and I had 10 free lucky dips. When I asked them more about this, they hung up."
"Called saying I won a prize then hung up"
"Said I won a competition that I didn't enter."
"They called saying I had won a competition for lottery tickets and then kept asking for my bank details. I've had this call 3 times."
"Told me I had entered a contest for a camper van! I didn't, spam"
"They said I had a legacy left to me, a big amount of money. The guy, after he figured out I wasn't falling for his scam, got really abusive and aggressive. He had an Israeli accent."
"Said I won £500 from entering a Tesco competition"
"Said I entered a competition, and I won £100 voucher. Told them I didn't, and they hung up straight away."
"Started by saying I had done a competition online. I didn’t continue the call."
"Said I won a competition for a Tescos gift card of £500 and also that my whole family got a free sign up for a power of attorney and all they needed was my bank details to confirm the win haha I hung up I'm not daft."
"Called saying I won a £500 prize in a competition..... I haven't entered any competition!!"
"I was scammed by this number saying I won 500 pounds in a competition."
"claimed to be from the lottery which is clearly false"
"Scam - trying to sell lottery tickets"