"They claimed to be from a company. Male called to say my Sky subscription is about to expire. I don't even have Sky. I told him to clear off and hung up."
Sky calls
282 community reports tagged Sky across 253 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Sky are steady: 4 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 5 reports a week.
When people report it
Thursday is the busiest day for these reports, and 62% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
98% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Sky / TV Subscription Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Sky cover 253 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 185 · 66%
- Suspicious 91 · 32%
- Unknown 5 · 2%
- Safe 1 · 0%
Most common call type: Sky / TV Subscription Scam
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 2
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Morning 6am to 12pm 76
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 176
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Evening 6pm to 12am 28
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from Sky, call centre very noisy. I don't have a, sky account...."
"Claiming to be from Sky offering 40% discount off my tv package & mobile. Asked for payment details. Offered a fake deal."
"They claimed to be from a company SKY asking about my Broadband and whether my SKY broadband was working. I do not have SKY! I told them this and they hung up. Claimed to be from Sky"
"Firstly claimed to be from Sky. When I said I was not a Sky customer, then asked me if I was a Three customer. I told them I was on the TPS list and they could get fined up to £5000 for calling me. The individual then said "Oh, what can we do now, I can't afford that". Notice he said "I can't afford that", not "We can't", as you might expect a company employee to say. Definately some kind of scam but at that point I hung up."
"Unsolicited call saying from Skype about my contract. We do not have Skype."
"Claimed to be from my network 3 but I am with sky network stated my number will be blocked if I don't take action"
"They claimed to be from a company 'Sky'"
"Claimed to be from Sky, sky can only contact me by 1 means and that is not by phone! Told them they were scammers , ended the call and blocked the number"
"Claimed to be from Sky relating TV and broadband"
"Scam call. Claimed to be from Sky TV. Strong Indian accent, so probably calling from there."
"Scammer said they were from Sky. When asked who they wanted to talk to they tried to dodge it. When pushed for a name, they gave a muddled name. Lastly, when asked to spell the name they gave, they just hung up."
"They claimed to be from a company Sky offering 40% and tried to get payment details"
"Caller said they're from SKY TV. Call originated in Lincoln. Caller said they were in London...sounds dodgy, beware !!!!"
"They claimed to be from a company - Sky - I have not sky products - SCAM"
"Claimed to be from Sky offered a fake deal scammers cons scam"
"Claimed to be from Sky promotional team stating he can reduce my monthly payments for a year. Asked me to confirm how much I was paying, I challenged that he should know that. I gave him a rough figure of £65 and he said he could reduce it to £47. Asked for my email, I said I was reluctant to give out any details. He said he's not asking for any banking details etc, but my concern would be links inside the emails / phishing. I said just send it to the email they have on file - he kept saying he couldn't do this as I needed to confirm it first. I said I'd ring in to arrange it - then he's saying well do you have the number for the promotional team as we all have different numbers - said I'd google it or just ring Sky and ask them to transfer me to the promo dept, challenged him surely they're able to transfer to you internally right? At this point he hung up!!!"
"Claimed to be from Sky TV. Called on a work mobile number not associated with any personal subscription"
"Claimed to be from Sky calling all existing customers to make sure they were happy with their services. I said oh, I don't have Sky so I am wondering how you have my number and they immediately hung up"
"SAID IT WAS FROM SKY"
"Caller was evasive says he was from sky"
"Couldn’t understand the caller. Think they were pushing a Sky deal. When I said I didn’t have it, they hung up."
"Scammer pretending to be from Virgin Media or Sky, offering big discounts."
"Claimed to be from Sky first called me on a Greenock Number 01475268343 then 30 min later same guy called me on Bournmouth number 01202166520, quite nice first time and not so nice 2nd time wanting my email address to send me discount link for sky. I called sky independently and they confirmed call not from them, I did not provide email address. Blocked both numbers, but calls keep coming from other numbers"