"Claimed to be from my network Offered a fake deal or upgrade Asked for account details When questioned - hung up"
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 information - pretending to be from Booking.Com ''Latino Group'' re a recent accommodation booking - via WhatsApp"
"Claiming to be from Sky offering 40% discount off my tv package & mobile. Asked for payment details. Offered a fake deal."
"Asked for personal info claimed to be royal bank of scotland"
"Felt like a scam , text message saying I had a PCN parking violation but didnβt state any details or information on where or when it happened. Addressed me as βDear vehicle owner β. And asking for my registration number??"
"They claimed to be from a company . Indian female callled saying she was from my household insurance company and my insurance was about to expire. I asked her what was the name of the company. She wouldn't answer but said to renew the insurance she had to do a verification check. In other words she would need my bank details. I said my insurance is not about to expire and you have my details. She hung up. Definitely a scam."
"Asked for account/card details very pushy and with a foreign accent. Scared me I hate answering the phone anymore."
"Asked for personal details regarding my insurance policy with Legal & General, i dont have a policy with them."
"Mentioned suspicious activity, refused to identify himself and asked for my address and who I live with."
"Asked for personal information kept asking if i was Mrs xxxxxxxx and i asked several times who it was and they saiid , JOHN , yes but john who and they put phone down"
"Asked for personal info wanted account details"
"Claimed to be from EE offering SIM deal. Looked up this number on a few Who Called Me sites while she was talking. All look ups were within the last hour. I gave her an email address and told her to prove who she was and further more to tell me how to contact EE directly to get the same deal She hummed and hawed saying her department was another so I terminated the call."
"Claimed to be from my bank and asked me to call another number to confirm a supposed transaction"
"Said they were from Scottish Power and wanted all my account details, including bank info⦠Not given."
"Said they were from Virgin and wanted private details."
"asked me to go to My1paddress and locate my location. I called back, an English dude answered the phone, I said this number is being used by scammers and they cut the call."
"Asked for personal info nobody spoke when i answered"
"said they were from immigration services and asked for my insurance number. i told them to go scam someone else and hung up!"
"Asked for personal information Said I am having the bailiffs didn't say any name of company a voice machine I didn't engage"
"Offered a fake deal or upgrade Claimed to be from my network asking for details of name and address and bank details"
"Reported payments supposedly made by me, no bank name /details given just asked for a call back"
"Claimed to be from my network. Already had my address and banking number/sort code. Realised they were fake when confirmation email was from a different network! Managed to block my card and change my email password on time."
"Asked me to send money urgently from my current account and the company is FCA"
"scam call pretending to be from x bank about 'suspicious TX report' wanting account access"