"Said I owe unpaid tax , cannot call the number back and was an automated American lady , asked me to press one"
Personal details request calls
1,485 community reports tagged Personal details request across 1,404 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Personal details request are steady: 41 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 51.4 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 1,404 different numbers. 201 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 876 · 59%
- Suspicious 587 · 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 362
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 838
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Evening 6pm to 12am 242
Latest reports
"Car purchase refund 'help' (scam). Caller had personal information and suggested they could help witj a refund on car purchases. Information was "correct", i.e. Phone no, address, but no purchases made during the period. Scam. Actor: young lady, very professional sounding."
"Said unusual transactions on bank card and to tap1 if cancel them or 2 if OK."
"Didn't verify their identity rang repeatedly and when answered tried to persuade certain details"
"Scam caller wanting your bank details for fake refunds."
"Pretended to be my bank and asked me to confirm I did not want Β£900 taken out of my account. It was not my bank, and good luck to them because I'm broke af"
"Asked for personal info : I broke the call up."
"Claimed to be from my bank, debit card fraud dept. Wanted βsharingβ on WhatsApp and asked me to log onto the bank app. Felt suspicious so ended call and rang directly. Either scammy or simply genuine but not convincing enough"
"Asked about car finance . I hung up. Seemed to know my name"
"Said my National Insurance number was compromised and wanted me to press 1 to speak to the ''Leading investigator''"
"Offered to consolidate my debts into one payment. wanted to know how much i owed. kept hanging up on me when i called them back asking for their names. and told them i know its a scam"
"Asked for personal info, claimed to be police"
"said he was from cyber police USA Asked for personal info about my account"
"They claimed to be from a company and asked for personal details Asked for account details"
"Asked for personal info , claimed to be from BT. Tried to scam elderly relatives of 3000 pounds."
"Claimed to be from Sky , put the phone down on them, obvious scam and just saying hello hello before pretending to be sky asking for details so just put the phone down."
"asking for bank details"
"Claimed to be from my bank (Barclays), wanted to ask 'security questions', asked if I had mobile banking. I've been caught before by scammers so refused info - they kept up the pretence of being the bank and wanted to give me a number to call back."
"Claimed to be from Amazon , asking for a code from your phone"
"Claimed to be from my bank ASKING MY NAME AND TRYING TO GET PERSONEL DETAILS"
"Claimed to be from my network Asked for account details Claimed my SIM card was on an out of date version, wanted my email address"
"scammer called me to get my bank details"
"Didn't verify their identity Asked for me using a previous surname"
"They claimed to be from a company Booking.com Asked for personal info they called via Whatapp and the logo is so generic - 'Customer Service Team' / Customer Support."