"said there had been attempts to charge large amounts to my visa card and i should press 1. i hung up."
Visa calls
153 community reports tagged Visa across 150 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Visa are steady: 4 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 3 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 61% 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 Bank Impersonation Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Visa cover 150 different numbers. 12 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 91 · 59%
- Suspicious 61 · 40%
- Unknown 1 · 1%
- Safe 0 · 0%
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 46
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 93
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Evening 6pm to 12am 13
Latest reports
"Felt like a scam , Visa something"
"Claimed to be from VISA"
"Automated/robocall claimed suspicious activity on visa credit card, asked to press numbers on keypad to take action"
"Claimed to be from VISA credit card services and wanted me to authorise pending transactions"
"Felt like a scam Stated Visa Security Alert"
"Clamed to be from Vista & that my card had be used fraudulently!"
"Stated from visa security, recorded message"
"Claimed to be from visa said payments were made from my debit card press 1 to stop payments and 2 to allow payments to be taken checked my bank and no payments taken this is a scam to get your bank account details and money"
"Automated/robocall claimed to be visa fraud department."
"pretended to be a visa check"
"Went to voicemail but claimed to be visa security department suspicious transactions on my debit card. Well surely my bank would call for a debit card not visa!"
"Automated call, Claimed to be VISA Asked for account/card details"
"Nothing heard, until I said hello then it was an automated call - it then said they were from the visa fraud team as suspicious activity had been detected on my debit card. Have received calls from variations of the number, all start 01794 501 ... then end 694, 192, 371, 554"
"Claimed my Visa card was used for Amazon purchase of 700 pounds"
"Wanted to discuss Visa Mastercard transaction."
"Fraud attempt. Tried to pretend to be from visa and that card used on amazon"
"Recorded message said "this is Visa. There are 2 suspicious transactions..." I pressed 2 to be put through (to an Indian-sounding man, which isn't in itself odd) but the subsequent "security" questions made me feel uneasy. Only after I hung up I noticed the call came from this mobile number. I rang it and got put through to a bog-standard voicemail, not Visa!"
"Offered visa application"
"Claimed to be from Visa"
"automated voice said suspicious activity on my visa debit card and to press 1 which I didn't do."
"Automated message claiming to be from Visa security team, querying some "suspicious pending transactions" for amounts in the high hundreds and up, and to press 1 to speak to someone on the team "IMMEDIATELY""
"Claimed to be from Visa Debit about a charge being made to my card of over Β£900 to someone in California."
"Automated/robocall Claiming to be Visa Security linked to transactions on Amazon."