Scam/Fraud
4 months ago
Fake call, do not answer or just hang up, block and report
Reported caller:
Dave
Community overview
Community rating:
Negative
7 user reports
First reported 5 Mar 2026
·
Last reported
4 months
ago
Recent activity
UK visits
User Reports
Last 30 days: 2 UK visits and 0 public reports.
Reported categories
Based on 7 public user reports
Scam/Fraud
43% (3)
Spam
29% (2)
Unknown Caller
29% (2)
User Reports (7)
Scam/Fraud
5 months ago
Call received on company (now closed down for retirement) mobile. I answered with the word, “hello”, caller remained silent then hung up. Definitely a scammer. Most scammers use London phone numbers.
Reported caller:
No voice spoke to me
Spam
5 months ago
Guy with a strong Asian accent wanted to speak to our MD about our IT presence on-line, when I questioned him about the reason for his call he hung up on me.
Unknown Caller
6 months ago
claim to be open reach
Scam/Fraud
7 months ago
MF started to play music, as soon as I called, More likely a Fraud to record my voice for banking apps
Spam
7 months ago
Phoned me, mentioned my company name and hung up. I am going to record this as spam possibly a scam.
Unknown Caller
7 months ago
Range once and the call ended
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