"Automated call talking about visa, I ended the call as soon as I heard visa I knew it's a scam call."
Visa calls
59 community reports tagged Visa across 56 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Visa have eased off: 2 reports in the last 7 days, down from a usual 6.9 reports a week.
When people report it
Thursday 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
98% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Bank Impersonation Scam.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Visa cover 56 different numbers. 27 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 30 · 53%
- Suspicious 26 · 46%
- Unknown 1 · 2%
- 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 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 16
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 36
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Evening 6pm to 12am 5
Latest reports
"Claimed to be from my bank visa security"
"Claim to be from 'visa'"
"claimed to be about VISA card charge, automated call"
"Automated/robocall - claimed to be about a VISA amount charged to my card,"
"Automated call claiming to be from VISA security.... Had same message before on another number. VISA does not call direct & certainly not on a mobile. This has to be a scam. (Hung up after 3 secs as am aware of these scams)"
"They claimed to be from VISA saying that I had been charged £799 by Amazon and to press 1"
"Said my Visa card was compromised"
"Automated message saying they were VISA"
"Claimed to be VISA"
"SCAM call pretending to be Visa Security 
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"Claimed to be Visa, yet I'm Mastercard."
"They claimed to be from a company , say Visa card has been used on Amazon"
"Automated/robocall claiming to be from visa to report my card had been used to pay Amazon £700"
"Claimed to be Automated from Visa Security"
"Exclaimed from Visa security 2 payments on card Amazon £99 and Zoom £1800"
"Claimed to be from visa fraud team"
"Recorded message pretending to be from visa"
"Scam call pretending to be VISA card services enquiring about a suspicious transaction. I played along until I was sure that it wasn't VISA."
"Claimed to be from my bank - Visa. It was a recorded message saying there had been fraudulent activity on my account. I stopped the call before it went further, having had a similar call earlier."
"Said my visa had been charged £783 I put the phone down"
"automated call claiming to be visa mastercard"
"Visa Security called about two suspicious transactions - one for £99 and another for £1,200. They asked me to press 1 to cancel or 2 to speak to someone."
"Claiming I had a VISA payment taken, and press 1 to talk to someone about it."