"Claimed to be from my NW bank asking if i spent £775 on my NW credit card at Argos - but the NW confirmed this was a scam this morning"
NatWest calls
57 community reports tagged NatWest across 48 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged NatWest are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 1.6 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 61% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
95% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Bank Impersonation Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged NatWest cover 48 different numbers. 2 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 25 · 44%
- Suspicious 29 · 51%
- Unknown 1 · 2%
- Safe 2 · 4%
Most common call type: Bank Impersonation 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 6
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 35
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Evening 6pm to 12am 16
Latest reports
"Text scammer about NatWest."
"Claimed to be from my bank. not answered. claiming to be from my Natwest card"
"Message stating a Standing Order has been set up with Natwest bank, if not you, call 01174 101 870, which is a Bristol landline number, but is NOT a Natwest Bristol number."
"It was a text message from the number above, claiming to be Natwest bank, and asking me to call 03300013037 in relation to an ebay payment I did not make. Claimed to be from my bank"
"Claimed to be from a nat west bank"
"Claimed to be from my bank but I don't bank with NatWest"
"given as a contact phone number in a NATWEST bank impersonation scam texted from 07963370988"
"They claimed to be from NATWEST reporting a stopped payment."
"Text purporting to be NatWest querying a payment. I don’t have a Nat West account."
"Claimed to be from Nat West bank telling me about a transaction comi g put of my account. I don't babk with NW"
"Claimed to be from my bank SMS saying NatWest: For your security we have blocked a payment of £349.99 to JACKS VAN LTD and must speak with you immediately. Not You? Call us on 0333 054 0393"
"Got a message that said there were some strange transactions on my credit card. I reckon it was fake because Natwest would not call me from a random mobile number and not say who they were."
"Text Message suggesting they are NATWEST and that they intervened a large payment to Apple and to call them back which I haven't There is no activity of this nature seen on my NATWEST account online"
"Ligit: NatWest RBS transaction checking team"
"Saying they were from NatWest and the text said one amount had been declined but on the call they said a totally different amount"
"Said they were pretending to be Natwest."
"Said they were pretending to be from NatWest about a fraud alert."
"called from natwest bank. said they were stopping a payment of £735.63. we dont have a bank account with them."
""NATWEST: A payment of £1129 has been made to Aaron Motors on 15/4/26. To confirm reply Y. If you did not do this call 020 7971 1373 straight away." VERY STRANGE!!"
"The caller said that a payment was made on a NatWest card on the 15th of April last year and wanted permission to renew a £140 subscription. I don't have any record of this payment from last year and said no to authorising any payments from my account."
"Natwest banking scam"
"Natwest banking scam"
"NATWEST: WAITROSE has set up a payment for 177.99GBP. If this wasnt you, ring us on 01446358122"