"Claimed to be from my bank as voice said calling about Visa Debit card."
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
"Said they had blocked a visa payment. I checked with my card company and they had not sent the message."
"Scam automated call - said large amounts taken from Visa - but they don't know I only use Mastercard. Watch out!"
"An automated call where they claimed to be from Visa and that i'd been charged £900"
"Got a call on my landline, it was a recorded message that said it was Visa Security. They wanted me to check 2 payments made with my Visa card. Visa don't have my landline number. I didn't talk, I blocked the number and deleted it. I think its a scam."
"Said they were from the fraud dept at Visa about a fraudulent transaction, beware."
"Left a voicemail saying they was from visa and read out 2 transactions asking me to press 1 or 2 but I never did!"
"Automated/robocall - alleging my VISA card had been used with two deductions over £1,000, one to Amazon."
"Claimed to be from my bank falsely claiming 1000s authorised by visa so hung up and blocked number. Very dodgy scammer"
"Scam call about fees on my visa. It was a robot call to my unlisted home number. How do they get your number?"
"scam, said they were from the "Visa department" really bad attempt at a scam, although probably using software to make it look like this number"
"Said they were from MasterCard and Visa about a fraud transaction on my account. Be careful."
"Said they were from the "Visa department" and told me about suspicious activity on my card, really obvious scam"
"Unexplained large payments on visa card."
"Claimed to be from my bank . recorded message saying they where from visa mastercard. someone hade tried to spend over £800."
"Said they were from visa"
"Scam call. Claims to be Visa security"
"SUGGESTED BARCLAYCARD VISA ACC. COMPROMISED. BARCLAYCARD CONFIRMED NO SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY"
"I got a call with a recorded message saying it was from the visa fraud team about someone trying to make an £800 payment from my card."
"an automated message that said it was VISA security"
"Alleged suspicious transactions from visa account to Purchases from Amazon"
"Got a recording saying there's a transaction against my visa card for some amount, and if I want to cancel it, press 1 or press 2 to hear it again. The repeat option does nothing, and calling the number doesn’t work."
"Called saying they were from visa and money would be taken unless I pressed 1 on my phone. I hung up"
"Said they were from the visa/Mastercard fraud team about a suspicious purchase on my card."