"Automated/robocall Scam call from bank security saying your card has been used to purchase train tickets"
Train tickets calls
40 community reports tagged Train tickets across 40 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Train tickets are steady: 2 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 0.4 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 53% 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 Bank Impersonation Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Train tickets cover 40 different numbers. 3 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 22 · 55%
- Suspicious 17 · 43%
- Unknown 0 · 0%
- Safe 1 · 3%
Most common call type: Bank Impersonation 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 1
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Morning 6am to 12pm 12
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 21
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Evening 6pm to 12am 6
Latest reports
"Automated/robocall said money had been taken out of my bank for train tickets,over£100"
"Claimed to be from my bank, regarding purchase of rail tickets."
"Felt like a scam , call re purchase of train tickets which I hadn’t purchased"
"Recorded voice Phone call about train tickets, as we don't use the trains, call was aborted. Something didn't feel right"
"informing me I had purchased train tickets with East Midland trains on my debit card, press 1 if this is not legitimate - I ended the call without doing so."
"Felt pressured to act ,said someone had used my card to buy train tickets, of £144.00, it went to voice mail,as soon as i picked up."
"Automated/robocall claiming to be bank about train ticket purchase."
"Claimed to be from my bank about a train ticket purchase"
"Automated voice claimed to be from card company. requesting authorisation for a train ticket from Edinburgh to London for the cost of £140. disconnected the call. rang the number back. female answered the call."
"SCAM: bank / train tickets"
"Didn't verify their identity recorded message thanking me for booking my train ticket, from ? to St Pancreas ? If I hadn't , I then put phone down."
"A NON Purchase scam, train tickets my bank and I dropped into know about."
"Automated recorded message re my train ticket purchase to xxxxxx (Nuneaton I think) - I haven't bought any train ticket online for some years. Hung up"
"Claimed to be from my bank - asking to confirm payment of a card transaction for train tickets from Edinburgh to London"
"Claimed to be from my bank bought train tickets on my card,unusual transaction"
"asking about suspicious spend of train tickets on a debit card"
"No real person on the line. Said that my bank card had been used to order train tickets to Scotland for £150, if not me press 1 to cancel it 2 to speak to city police. I replaced the receive."
"Automated/robocall call said suspicions use of card to buy train tickets. £120 Edinburgh to London didn't say which card but debit card."
"They claimed to be from a company Bank Security saying had an unusal payment of £120 on my card for booking a train ticket. Unsurprisningly nothing was on my card or my apps for this"
"Said they were from a bank and that you had made a train ticket purchase SCAM"
"Asked for personal info re train tickets"
"Call about buying train tickets from Edinburgh to Glasgow on a visa card and asking for bank details SCAM"
"Saying my card being used for train tickets"