"🚨 [SCAM ALERT] Advanced Telecom & Identity Theft Scam in the UK I’m sharing my experience to alert the community about a very professional scam where fraudsters are pretending to be from Three UK, Currys, and Creation Finance. Please read and share this to keep your friends and family safe! ⚠"
Three calls
88 community reports tagged Three across 76 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Three are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 0.9 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 63% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
100% 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 Three cover 76 different numbers. 1 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 68 · 77%
- Suspicious 20 · 23%
- Unknown 0 · 0%
- 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.
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Night 12am to 6am 4
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Morning 6am to 12pm 19
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 55
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Evening 6pm to 12am 10
Latest reports
"Said they were calling from three"
"Said they were calling from Three network"
"They claimed to be from 3 and they asked for 4"
"Indian saying he was calling from three. Answered after 7 straight calls that I declined and when I told him I am from the "fraud department" he hung up right away"
"One minute it's Sam from Three saying he can drop my phone bill to £3, and then the next he's saying "[profanity] my [profanity]" on the phone because I gave him a really obvious fake address! It was fun wasting their time :) 900% scam"
"Said they were from Three and that my sim would be deactivated in the next 24 hours and they needed to take some details. Told them I didn’t believe them and hung up."
"Said they were from THREE and told me my number would be taken off the network in the next 24 hours"
"A scammer called, saying he was from Three, and my number would be cut off - I ended the call."
"Very bad English, said he was with three network and wanted to know how my wifi was doing. I then hung up."
"Got two calls from them today just seconds apart. First time I picked up they hung up right away. They rang back almost instantly. Voice sounded like a robot so might have been AI, but they said they were calling from 3G mobile network. I've blocked the number as it was clearly a scam."
"Said they were from Three and that the SIM card is being deactivated. I'm not even with Three!!"
"Call from 3, said I had bought a sim card and wanted personal details for verification."
"Said they were from 3 network. Asked for my postcode to check coverage, then wanted my email. After that, I got a text from Microsoft with a pin. They then asked me to give the pin. I hung up at that point."
"Said they were from 3 network"
"Said I already had a contract with 3. When I asked "Do I?" she said again I told her "you should know" and then hung up"
"called to say they were from Three, my sim card will stop working in 3 days, have sent a new one, but needed my email to confirm it. when I said no, they hung up straight away."
"Said they were from 3G wanting to talk about my contract. I'm not with 3G and when I told him this he asked me to say who I'm with. I refused and he hung up."
"Said they were from Three network and needed to upgrade my sim card to 5G for no clear reason, asked for my postcode and other details."
"Pretending to be from 3 network. They didn't work for 3 network and asked who I was with, and I said "you tell me." They started being abusive and making weird noises at me, totally deranged. I told them where to go and reported the number to the fraud team."
"Said they were from Three network and asked for feedback……. I'm not with three….."
"pretending to be 3 mobile and saying they were contacting me because someone just tried to buy a phone using my account"
"Said she was calling from 3 I was waiting for a call back from 3 but I didn't believe them and didn't give any personal details as they asked for my email so they could send a code The woman kept calling back and got more threatening"
"Scam call. Unknown woman kept calling and said she got my mobile number from Three."