0808 196 9730

Negative

Community overview

Community rating: Negative

7 user reports

First reported 13 Aug 2026 Last reported 12 hours ago

About this number

Number formats

  • UK format: 0808 196 9730
  • International: +44 808 196 9730

Number details

Recent activity

UK visits
User Reports

Last 30 days: 231 UK visits and 3 public reports.

Reported categories

Based on 7 public user reports

Spam
43% (3)
Unknown Caller
43% (3)
Scam/Fraud
14% (1)

User Reports (7)

Scam/Fraud Phone call
12 hours ago

A man with very bad English asked (this was the 6th call so that was a warning) for the IT department, I asked why he mumbled something about AI. I asked him why what it was for and he hung up so now blocked

Reported caller: they did not
Spam Phone call
9 days ago

Wanted to talk to IT about an AI research study. Asked her questions about where she was calling from and she hung up

Spam Phone call
18 days ago

Lady with Indian/Asian accent asking to speak to insurance broker so she could ask questions for a study

Unknown Caller
1 month ago

4 calls in past 3 days, never answered, never left message on call screener - its junk.

Spam
2 months ago

Female with Indian sounding accent, wanted to be put through to "someone on the management team" I told her there was no one in the office currently and she immediately hung up on me. She gave no name, company name or reason for her call.

Reported caller: No name given.
Unknown Caller
2 months ago

went to answerphone as unrecognised number, 6 calls over past 4 days, never leave message - don't speak, nothing recorded, suspect it's a just spam/scam/robocaller.

Reported caller: unknown
Unknown Caller
2 months ago

Persistent calls that are flagged on my phone as 'suspected scam'. No message ever left.

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