"Felt pressured to act, very suspicious I let my answer phone take the message, wanting me to take action saying my bank details were unguarded. I noticed no one said who they actually are - most likely a scam"
Personal details request calls
1,485 community reports tagged Personal details request across 1,402 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Personal details request are steady: 41 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 51.3 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 1,402 different numbers. 199 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 875 · 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 361
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 837
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Evening 6pm to 12am 242
Latest reports
"Said I owe unpaid tax, asked me for my bank details to pay off a £1,000 debt to them? I knew it was fake after I they started thinking what HMRC stood for"
"SMS saying I needed to update my vehicle tax with link to scam DVLA website. Asks for personal details and card number"
"Asked for personal info and claimed to be from 3"
"They claimed to be from a company , Indian accent, office background noise Threatened or pressured me Asked for personal info"
"They claimed to be from Amazon and someone was trying to make a purchase on my account and sent verification codes they wanted me to read out"
"Claimed to be from my Credit Card provider advising that two suspicious transactions had appeared on their authorisation queue. The automated female voice asked that I press 1 or 2 on the key pad to be routed through to appropriate department. Would likely have ended up with large item on my phone bill, so just ignored."
"Claimed to be from my bank anf wanted to confirm persinal detsils and record voice for security AI"
"Asked for personal information. Pressured me to act fast. Knows too much personal information"
"Claims that I've been linked to a ''fraudulent account'', and asked me to ''verify my credientials''. Man with an accent, did not introduce himself or his organisation, clearly a SCAM! I claimed the line is bad, he then disconnected the call and immediately was called by a number from Cypurs: +35722032050. I did not answer!!!"
"Asked for personal information - Calls you and then demands to know who is on the phone, if you drop the call he starts messaging demanding"
"Called multiple times. Asked for personal info."
"Claimed our electricity supplier was due for renewal and asked for authorised persons details to send the paperwork out to."
"Claimed to be from my network sent me a pin to read back to them. Claimed my number was being disconnected and they needed security details. When I wouldn't read the code they hung up."
"Asked for personal info ( if I owned my home and if I had any dampness ETC"
"Claimed to be from my bank and said a new number had been verified on my account, call number to prevent further charges"
"Threatened arrest or legal action and asked for bank details. Fraud and Scam"
"Claimed I was owed PPI in the amount of £5879 and had to buy a Paysafe Card Voucher from the Co-op and then phone them with the number and they would then release my cheque. I was asked for my bank details which I refused."
""New number" WhatsApp scam he use my adress and my bank accunt"
"EE called saying I'd been charged too much and they'd refund it to my account but first they needed to check my email then when I was waiting on hold I heard them talking to someone else in another language so I hung up and blocked them"
"pushing for details related to an alleged accident"
"Mentioned suspicious activity , sent a code via what’s app and wanted me to tell her the code , I didn’t"
"I received a text from a company named LetAlliance requesting a reference for someone in my contact list. It looks suspicious and asked for me to call this number searched."
"They claimed to be from Amazon reporting fraudulent actiivty on my amazon account. Got really aggressive when I asked questions. Wanted me to send repeat back a verification code which I did not. Other search show this number a linked to banking scams"