"Asked for personal information recorded computer generated female voice claimed that I needed to update my GP's details and gave me option to do in English or Chinese by pressing 1 or 2 . Totally fake and not the first time I have had the same scam call but always different mobile numbers."
NHS calls
51 community reports tagged NHS across 46 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged NHS are steady: 1 report in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 1.5 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 55% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
Opinion is mixed: 63% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is NHS.
Numbers used
Reports tagged NHS cover 46 different numbers. 5 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 22 · 43%
- Suspicious 10 · 20%
- Unknown 2 · 4%
- Safe 17 · 33%
Most common call type: NHS
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 3
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Morning 6am to 12pm 7
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 28
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Evening 6pm to 12am 13
Latest reports
"Claiming money to place you in the NHS news paper, when there is no such a thing."
"Automated recorded message Claim to be GP registration"
"Pretending to be from the NHS asking to update your personal information, specifically repeated the steps in Chinese"
"Fake NHS appointment reminder. " "Press 1 to continue" message . Press 2 for Chinese ". Insta - block"
"camhs crisis team phone call"
"Called - automated voice saying I had an uncollected message from 'NHS'. This is on a work phone and NHS won't have it for me. Very clearly a scam call. I've blocked the number and would recommend everyone to block it too."
"Asked for NHS personal information"
"This is an NHS notification. Your GP details need to be updated. Please contact us promptly to avoid any disruption. To connect online, press one. For Chinese support, press two"
"Recorded voice saying aggressive it despite many attempts to contact me I have still not picked up NHS documents. I don't have any NHS documents to pick up. Requested to call or email... I hung up."
"Recording saying " There is somthing wrong with your regestration at your Medical Practitoiner to sort this out please press one for English or two for Chinise"."
"This is the number I was given to call re a text msg supposedly sent me by IPSOS/NHS with a survey request. When I called it however there's no indication of who's behind the number - just a guy saying Thanks For Your Patience then endless dreary music. No one ever picks up. So I seriously doubt it's IPSOS or NHS. WTF's going on? IDK..."
"Automated/robocall "We need to check your GP Record...." then launched into a foreign language?.... Chinese/Oriental? I said nothing. And found my smartphone doing an update, which prevented me from turning it off. When I was able to regain control, I did a 'Malwarebytes' search, with a negative result. Highly suspicious. Asked for personal information"
"Claiming to be NHS"
"This number uses a calling machine with a pre-recorded message that pretends to be from the NHS (and it had an American accent, which was funny). DO NOT TRUST THEM and report them to your phone provider by sending the number to 7726 to stop them."
"said they had to check my NHS details then hungup!"
"No real person on the line, pretending to be the NHS asking for sensitive health care detail confirmation from call start."
"An Asian recorded female voice offering English or Mandarin language, claiming to be from the NHS asking to verify my details."
"Rang once and went to voicemail, even though it was not active. A woman said they needed to verify healthcare info for English speakers, press one, or Mandarin speakers, press two. She mentioned Chalishi NHS and gave a name that sounded like Xiiao yunin herdei lao fu sianguan Xi."
"This is a call-back number from the NHS Ambulance Service 111 emergency call."
"NHS follow-up call from 111"
"It's a call from PHS about clinical waste."
"About a covid appointment on 20th April at 8am"
"They claimed to be from... the NHS. Didn't ask me any security questions and the questions weren't relevant to he NHS and were totally generic, they never referred to me by name and didn't volunter it. Told them they were pretty poor at this and hung up. Beware this number"