"Claimed to be from Openreach checking up on faults on my broadband. I am with a local area independent fibre optic company, so I said " Of course you are" and hung up. I wondered why a national telephone landline company was using a mobile phone to contact individual customers."
Openreach calls
14 community reports tagged Openreach across 14 numbers.
Recent activity
No new reports tagged Openreach in the last 30 days. The most recent was on 30 July 2026.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 64% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
93% 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 Openreach cover 14 different numbers.
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 5 · 36%
- Suspicious 8 · 57%
- Unknown 0 · 0%
- Safe 1 · 7%
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 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 3
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 9
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Evening 6pm to 12am 2
Latest reports
"Caller was evasive , didn't say who she was calling from, saying openreach had advised them that I was paying too much for my phone calls. When questioned about this she hung up."
"Claimed to be calling from BT Openreach regarding our "internet connection"."
"07846 066 829 is a banking scam - in my case purporting to be from open reach"
"said they were from open reach and that my computer was getting hacked, likely a scammer"
"Claimed to be from Openreach, using a mobile phone number. very Asian accent."
"They claimed to be from a company Nasty little tech support scammer. Tried to claim he was OpenReach then BT. Said my net work security was compromised tried to get me to run the Netstat with "foreign address" nonsense. When I called him out he said he would cut my internet access. I told him I would hold the line while he did it LOL γ"
"Called today saying he was from BT doing a review of my number and could maybe cut costs I told him we dont use BT so he changed tack to Open Reach I gave him my email and asked him to send over the details He said he would but nothing has come through"
"Said they were checking services from Openreach for a company I'd never heard of. Tried to make me think they were BT calling. Nice caller but very dubious of the motives."
"Said they were from spartan telephones phoning about open reach and could cut the landline cost."
"very nervous said they were from openreach because my broadband was underperforming"
"Open reach scammer"
"Contractor called, said from Openreach."
"Very persistent about lowering my bill, said they worked for SKY and Virgin Media ... then said they were part of Open Reach."