"Asked for personal information Identified as [REDACTED] from Sussex police. Accused of a Amazon fraud type scenario.-Asked to meet as a location at a certain of I will be arrested."
Personal details request calls
1,482 community reports tagged Personal details request across 1,401 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Personal details request are steady: 52 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 49.9 reports a week.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 56% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
99% 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 Personal details request cover 1,401 different numbers. 198 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 874 · 59%
- Suspicious 586 · 40%
- Unknown 21 · 1%
- 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 43
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Morning 6am to 12pm 360
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 837
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Evening 6pm to 12am 242
Latest reports
"Something didn't feel right asked for car details and invoices to be sent over"
"Caller claimed to have knowledge about me having some contract with some rental company; asked about "recent fire damages to property i am at"; insisted on finding out whether or not I am renting"
"Dangerous caller asking to add number to whatβs app. "New number" WhatsApp scam"
"Something didn't feel right - said he was from the fraud squad and they had apprehended a suspect wiith my details, very well spoken I'll give them that. hung up after 10 mins as it was pretty odd when I queried what a card number they had"
"They claimed to be from 02. Said lots of things indicative of a scam and asked for personal details (name and age)."
"Called multiple times Asking for personal information"
"Mentioned Bitcoin or trading - Claimed to be calling regarding blockchain account. Had full name of 2 people linked to my number."
"Claimed to be from credit card company reporting a fraud. had my card number and sounded convincing. Then started asking for personal details."
"Asked for personal info ..... They claimed to be from a company, my phone provider 3 mobile, said that my phone would be unusable in 2 days unless i upgraded to the new SIM using new technology, said i needed to verify my phone number and they would send a text message to my phone and could i check it now and tell them what the code was ? It was a text from 'Google' which said do not share this validation code with anybody, obviously these scammers had tried to get into my Google account and needed the verification code to validate it while pretending to be me, she got irate because i wouldnt tell her and asked her to send me an email, she knew the jig was up and i'd sussed her out so she ended the call with " Go [profanity] yourself !" and something about [profanity] and my grandmother, and references to a goat !"
"Didn't verify their identity and i think they hacked me"
"Claimed to be from my bank . I have been scammed by a peson ringing from this number."
"Claimed my computer was infected Asked for remote access Wanted payment for a fix Knew my native language"
"Claimed to be from my network and that it was joining with BT asked for my email and said a new SIM card would be issued to me via DPD what was my address and I was to be rewarded for my inconvenience with a hamper. I hung up"
"Voicemail left on landline claiming to be bank security regarding alleged suspicious activity on my account, the usual press 1 to verify 2 to speak to someone. Number blocked."
"Claimed to be from my network, saying my network will block my number and asked for my address to ship a new SIM card to."
"Asked for personal info. Aggressive behaviour"
"Claimed to be from my bank Wise. Impersonated Wise support. attempted to harvest login credentials via browser sessions. Then turned verbally abusive"
"Heavily accented Indian lady purporting to be from Vodaphone saying as I was such a good customer paying on time they reducing my bill by 40%. Just need to confirm it is you with a couple of security questions..... confirm your date of birth? At which point I said NO and hung up."
"Claimed to be someone I know . Asked lots of questions"
"Asked for personal info . said they were from Consultation Claims. Asked my name as security check then carried on despite giving them a false name."
"Threatened disconnection. Said that my sim was an old one on 4G and would be deactivated unless replaced with a 5G sim. Wanted me to reset password to my account and use one they provided."
"Claimed to be from Amazon and pretended to say an Apple iPhone had been ordered but needed me to provide a verification code to access the account and details. Could not provide email address by which order was placed, had incorrect address and name on account details ."
"Asked for account details someone claiming from 3 got my details and passed them on"