Scam/Fraud
2 months ago
Said they were car finance wanted my date of birth, so I hung up
Reported caller:
Car finance
Community overview
Community rating:
Negative
8 user reports
First reported 20 Aug 2026
·
Last reported
2 months
ago
About this number
Number formats
- UK format: 020 3996 8296
- International: +44 20 3996 8296
Number details
- Number type: Landline
- Number range allocated to: DIDWW Ireland Limited
- Area: London
- Area code: 020
Recent activity
UK visits
User Reports
Last 30 days: 39 UK visits and 0 public reports.
Reported categories
Based on 8 public user reports
Scam/Fraud
50% (4)
Unknown Caller
38% (3)
Spam
13% (1)
User Reports (8)
Unknown Caller
2 months ago
said they were car finance company matchmelegal and asked me to click on a link so lawyers can assess my claim? Not sure if it is fraudulent
Reported caller:
? caller had foreign assent
Unknown Caller
2 months ago
Didn't answer
Unknown Caller
2 months ago
Called thinking I was my housemate, did not introduce themselves.
Scam/Fraud
2 months ago
Had 5 calls today from them, about my house is in a disrepair and they are calling from the council when confronted got defensive
Scam/Fraud
2 months ago
They said they were calling from the council again claiming for repairs on council property. I do not live in a council property
Spam
2 months ago
They were following up with me as a council tenant with damp. I am not a council tenant and I do not have damp
Reported caller:
Reclaims team
Scam/Fraud
2 months ago
Scammer claiming to be from a claims group supporting tenants, aggressive and threatening
Reported caller:
Gemini claims
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