"Asked for personal info said they were from virgin media, offered reduction in payments and offered a free ipad"
Virgin Media calls
12 community reports tagged Virgin Media across 12 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Virgin Media are steady: 2 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 1.3 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 92% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
92% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Virgin Media cover 12 different numbers. 8 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 4 · 33%
- Suspicious 7 · 58%
- Unknown 1 · 8%
- Safe 0 · 0%
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 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 1
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 11
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Evening 6pm to 12am 0
Latest reports
"Asked for personal info claimed to be from Virgin Media"
"Claimed to be Virgin Media"
"This number allegedly is from O2 & Virgin Media. However, the call is from a call centre somewhere in India. Potential scammers"
"Shortly after being asked to provide bank details by a deliver scam caller, I received a further call from this number which seemed to be from the same area code as mine, so I answered it, and was spoken to be someone claiming to be from virgin media. I have no account with VM and no reason for receiving a call. The caller was clearly reading from a script similar to other scam calls, so I ended the call."
"Claimed to be from Virgin"
"Said they were from Vodafone, working with Virgin media and wanted to drop my monthly payment by 40%"
"Asked for remote access said they were from virgin media I get 3 calls a day"
"Claimed to be from O2 Virgin Media and calling me because I have a SIM plan with them, which I don't and never have. Didn't respond to me pointing that out and just tried to continue the call, very obviously reading from a script, at which point I disconnected."
"Claimed to be from my network (Virgin). I suspected it was not from Virgin and rang off."
"I was searching for costs for a TV package upgrade and on the virgin media web site I had to put my number in to get to see the prices. Since then this number has called at least 4 times a day but leave no message. I suspect it is Virgin Media but the tactics are borderline harassment."
"They claimed to be from a company, Virgin Media, saying there's a problem with my Broadband"