"Clearly a scammer acting like your bank, they wanted you to confirm your name, bank details, and date of birth under the pretence of a fake fraudulent transaction."
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: 48 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 50.3 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 1,401 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
"Each time they phone they ask for charlie, but that's not my name"
"Same as another poster - They said they were calling from O2 to upgrade my sim from 4G to 5G (already on 5G). I asked them to verify the name of the person they were trying to reach. They just said they would send an activation code that I needed to provide. When I asked again, they couldn't confirm - Scam."
"said they were from Three and wanted my email address for identity theft"
"Claimed to be from Barclaycard, asked press any key on pad for quick fraud check. Left voicemail "We have noticed activity on your account and would to protect you against fraud, please press any key so we can run through a quick fraud check" Number not same as on Barclaycard reverse Call mobile and when no response rang landline, have tried 3 times in 24 hours"
"Asked for personal info"
"Claimed to be from my network and Asked for account details"
"Claimed to be from my network"
"Asked for personal information I was asked to confirm my name then caller hung up"
"Wanting bank details"
"Caller was evasive and asking for personal details"
"First they told me that i had entered a competition online to get shopping vouchers, i strung them along for a while, until they started to ask for bank info"
"Required bank details to pay out"
"wanting bank details and card numbers"
"Asked for account/card details"
"Claimed to be from Sky offered discount on my bills wanted my email address but I hung up & reported it to sky who confirmed it wasn't them"
"Dangerous scam begins with Give me yr Bank Details so I can Help u"
"trying to log into whatsapp accounts by asking for an OTP"
"Asked for personal info"
"bank details"
"Indian man. Said he was calling about my missoldcar finance. Asked me to confirm my details. I told him to email me and he hung up. Sounded like someone was coaching him."
"Said they were from NatWest security, wanted bank details and tried to get you to authorise payments so they could "decline for you". When they didn't get what they wanted, they became abusive and hung up. They sound very legit, have hold music, and seem to know a lot already. Don't interact at all."
"trying to get your bank details off you"
"tried getting me to give the password reset code. It was a 10 minute code."