Personal details request calls

"It looked like a good company's offer, and I was stupid to give them my bank details. They tried to scam me for £18.41, but my bank rang to cancel it."

"Scam callers wanting your details"

"A foreign call centre ringing and acting like they are Sky. Wanted to give me a 40% discount on Sky, they just asked me to check my details. I'm not with Sky."

"They were trying to get personal details"

"Said they were from Santander about a dodgy transaction. They had lots of my details, and then asked how much money was in my account and tried to push a transaction for just under that amount. Be carefull. Dont give any details but be ready for them to know alot about you."

"They said they were from O2 calling about my SIM card. I said I wasn’t with O2, they said they were actually from Vodafone and that my SIM card was « outdated » and will be deactivated, they started asking me personal informations. I called them scammers they hung up straight away. Feel bad cause if my nan was to answer the phone she would 100% believe it’s true. Shame on them. Karma will do its job."

"Said they were promoting EE, wanted me to upgrade my plan, and asked for bank details and personal info."

"Kept calling me claiming to be my bank and then asked for my long card number. No bank does that."

"Said they were calling from 02 and that I needed to get in touch or my SIM would be blocked. This happened at the same time as an email about renewing my SIM card. Kept phoning, wanting the code that was sent to my phone. It's a scam."

"Asked to confirm my name, then the line went dead."

"Scam call. Trying to get card info. Just hang up and block this number if you get it."

"Caller from Truro (in India) said they wanted to send a new 5G SIM for O2. They asked me to check my number was with O2, then quickly wanted me to do a survey about my "recent" O2 service. There was just one question - "is the service ok?". Then i was put through to a man, who had a bad Irish-ish accent. When I asked why O2 were sending a new 5G sim, I got put back to the Indian woman. I got annoyed and ended the call after they asked for my email address."

"You need to hang up right away before they hack your phone while you're on the call and make up some nonsense about legal stuff to get your details."

"The bloke told me he was from my life insurance company doing some kind of review. He wanted my security details like date of birth, address and stuff. I asked him what company he worked for but he kept dodging my questions. In the end he got rude and put the phone down"

"Asked many questions about personal details."

"Wanted personal details, scam"

"Wanting to ask questions about your personal info like age address etc block them"

"Pretended to be from Sky and asked for my billing details/account password."

"Said they were 3 network and took bank details and codes from texts"

"Told me my sim card would be blocked in 24 hours because it's 4G and wanted info."

"Keeps ringing me saying they're an energy saving company. Want all my details. Get lost!"

"Wanted to get bank details"

"Asked for bank details and told me they were calling from an energy company. Don't answer!"

"Insurance claim farmers, trying to get information about car crashes so they could open personal injury claims. Woman on the phone got very rude when I said I wasn't giving her any details, and ended up insulting me. Definitely not a legitimate company"