"said they were visa/mastercard fraud team"
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
"a recorded voice said it was calling about a visa transaction they tried to make -- press 1/2/3 -----nope!"
"Claimed to be from my bank recorded voice claims to be calling about an attempted visa transaction -- please press 1/2/3 -----nope!"
"Claim to be from visa mastercard fraud department about a multi hundred pound/dollar charge to your card. Hoas."
"Claimed to be from my vusa"
"Claimed to be from visa"
"Automated/robocall claimed i had a pending payment on visa debit card of Β£900"
"Caller was evasive - purported to be from Amazon regarding purchase of a Β£700+ iphone and that my Visa card details had been compromised. From the background noise it sounded like it was coming from a call centre"
"Automated message claiming to be from Mastercard/Visa with a large amount of money taken on my card and wanted me to press 1 for Fraud. I did not press. Call instantly died."
"Left a voicemail and Said they were the bank and a Β£900 payment had come off my visa card and to call back if it was fraud"
"Automated/robocall claimed to be from Visa reporting Β£900 transaction"
"Recorded message about Visacard misuse. Classic scam thats old enough to have grown whiskers!"
"Said suspicious payments had gone from my Visa, and connected me to someone they said was my bank"
"Claimed visa card fraud by automated message"
"Claimed to be from my bank, claimed to be from a visa card"
"Claimed to be from my bank. Visa fraud. Press 1 to stop payment immediately. Automated voice, no amount or vendor mentioned"
"An automated call stating Β£790 would be debited from my visa debit card and to press 1 to talk to someone"
"Call about buying train tickets from Edinburgh to Glasgow on a visa card and asking for bank details SCAM"
"said it was visa and they do fraud protection"
"Claimed to be from visa and mastercard."
"Automated call received stating a Β£599 charge is being made to my Visa Debit card. Pressed 2 as directed to repeat and was put through to someone who thanked me for my call and when i responded that they called me became flustered and couldn't provided further info to me so i hung up."
"Said they were from visa and someone was using my card"
"Called about English visas. Obviously a scam call."
"Caller said he was the bank security department. Did not say which bank. He told me there had been unauthorised transactions on my visa card. As I do not have a visa card I did not worry."