Tagged reports

SIM card upgrade calls

247 community reports tagged SIM card upgrade across 198 numbers.

Last 7 days
3 Steady
Usually 2.6 a week
Last 30 days
14
247 in total
Numbers
198
14 new in 30 days
First reported
17 Jan 26
Latest 3 Nov 2026

Recent activity

Reports tagged SIM card upgrade are steady: 3 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 2.6 reports a week.

When people report it

Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 59% 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 SIM card upgrade cover 198 different numbers. 14 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 173 · 70%
  • Suspicious 72 · 29%
  • Unknown 2 · 1%
  • Safe 0 · 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.

  • Night 12am to 6am 3
  • Morning 6am to 12pm 66
  • Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 145
  • Evening 6pm to 12am 33

Latest reports

Suspicious 5 months ago
07762 458722

"Claimed to be from my network . Stated my sim would be inactive and to follow link. I didn't of course"

SIM card upgrade
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Spam 5 months ago
07387 916370

"Claimed to be from my network , said my SIM was out of date, would be cancelled tomorrow and they will have a new one sent to me tomorrow morning. Strong Indian accent from a call centre, slight delay before he started speaking."

Spam 5 months ago
0330 057 9553

"Offered a fake deal or upgrade. Apparently my SIM was expiring. Sounded like she was abroad. Worse still, she knew my name."

SIM card upgrade
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Suspicious 5 months ago
07368 421889

"Said they were from Tesco mobile and that my sim card was old stock and would stop working, I missed the day/date and that's when I put the phone down"

Spam 5 months ago
0161 564 4477

"Would not take no for an answer he said he was going to disconnect my number he said he was from 3 and they are sending me a new sim card as vodaphone no longer is that and am not with vodaphone so I new it was a scam"

Spam 5 months ago
0330 520 0157

"Called multiple times - They purported to be from Three (3) mobile and promised me a new sim card at a better rate. Also asked for a credit card number to charge a refundable ยฃ0.01p. I was duped. Cancelled credit card and Three (3) mobile picked up as a fraud as the scammer ordered anew phone on my account."

Spam 6 months ago
01922 922706

"Tried to say he was from Three, saying he was going to deactivate my sim card because of customer complaints about the network or something like that, location was Walsall, England."

SIM card upgrade Three
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Spam 6 months ago
01282 571654

"Called from O2 she said, about my SIM card. I told her I wasnt with O2 and she should get a real job. She hung up."

O2 SIM card upgrade
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Spam 6 months ago
0121 838 3685

"Ignorant Indian-sounding woman who just talked and wouldn't listen. She said my EE sim will stop working tomorrow and that she'd send a new one. Wanted loads of details but didn't give any. When I told her I worked for EE and sims donโ€™t expire, she hung up. How rude!"

Suspicious 6 months ago
01282 573603

"Said they were Lebara, told me my SIM needs a replacement and will be off in 48 hrs, plus a 40% discount on my plan"

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