"Asked for account/card details . Tried to scam me. Asked personal details and didn't confirm whomthey were"
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
"Asked for personal info. Didn't verify their identity . Caller was evasive . Felt pressured to act."
"Claiming to be from THREE - it was a scam. Has caused untold hassle to sort everything out. Had ALL personal details including bank!!!"
"Asked about bank details"
"Woman with an indian accent that I could barely understand, mispronounced my name and claimed to be calling regarding a finance claim. I told her it was cold call and to remove my details from any database and she then became argumentative before hanging up"
"Asked for personal info claimed to call from BT /EE"
"Asked for personal info. I received a missed call, I called back, to some one who denied phoning me and asked me if im on giffgaff.com.. then sent me a text message sayin I had rang him at 11.36 (not true I was in bed asleep at that time)"
"Mentioned suspicious activity Tried to get me to give them access to my account"
"Asked for account details , Threatened disconnection , Claimed to be from my network"
"Asked for personal info claiming to be lastminute.com"
"Asked for personal info. Requesting authority for a fake bank transfer"
"Asked for personal info and would not say where from"
"Call Centre type call (can hear lots of chatter activity in the background). Foreign accented woman purporting to be from Southern Water chasing payment. I knew we had nothing outstanding and asked for amount she believed was owed. (This was so I would know it was genuine if her figure matched any invoices on our records). She refused until I went through data protection/security questions first. I ended the call."
"Asked for personal information persistant calling"
"Pressured me to act fast Claimed to be from Indeed job and asked for all my details so a "new job" that's available now Only problem is if I applied for the job then they wouldn't need all my details especially not even knowing my name"
"Asked for personal info . Claimed to be from Fraud Protection and that they needed verification of payment being made (no payments being made or due to be made. It sounded like an automated call"
"Said I owe unpaid tax. Threatened arrest and car, house, bank account and passport seizure. Very threatening and pressuring. Extremely dangerous and convincing. Wanting money"
"Asked for personal details and purely scam"
"they ring me up asking my name and Phone number what they got right trying to set me up with a sim card,Said my sim be broken soon,I asked her why ?? Also I asked her if they from my phone company she could not answer to nothing and kept putting me on hold so I got fed-up and hung up so be careful lot of scam phone calls these days"
"Didn't verify their identity Warned me of two suspicious payment, but i didn't get what account he was talking about. I asked his name and for hint to email me details of the payments. He rang off saying nothing."
"Wants me to press a number to change my number on my account but I’m not sure what account this is and I don’t want my number changing. Very alarming"
"Said my card no associated with someone’s phone"
"Something didn't feel right - car selling scam, wanted to buy my car but then after a lot of back and forth said they wanted the car but then asked me to click a link to enter personal details including payment card to “buy” a car history report."
"They claim to be a call from the immigration service requiring personal details"