Top nuisance and scam calling numbers to UK households

 

Ranking Phone number Purported caller name Category
1 01212853695 Monet Group directory ping call
2 01841725302 HMRC (scam) tax scam
3 08000148840 Credit card fraud cost trap call
4 01915433406 EDF energy spam energy scam/gas cold call
5 +447723442195 Alamo/Enterprise Rent a Car car rental survey
6 02088798429 Sky Telecommunications scam telecommunication scam/tech support scam
7 08000148840 Credit card fraud bank service/fake bank call
8 01614649290 ILC LOANS loan scam/debt collection call
9 08000338005 Three telecommunication call
10 01413679790 Gas and Electricity scam energy cold call/aggressive advertisement
11 08000987823 Sky telecommuncations tv/telecommunication scam
12 01926758001 QDR Solicitors financial advice/dept collection
13 01443544990 EON energy call/customer service call
14 01942901397 Phone contract scam telecommunication scam call
15 03301245686 Energy scam energy scam/gas cold call
16 08004970625 Domestic & General Spoofed insurance scam/spoofing
17 08000529406 Virgin Media (Spoofed) telecommunication scam/broadband scam
18 08004970619 Domestic Appliance insurance/warranty scaml
19 08004970623 Home Appliance Warranty insurance/warranty sales scam
20 03308085392 Ovo energy energy scam/gas cold call
21 07701407214 HRMC robospam tax scam/robo voice scam
22 02073656004 Barclays Bank bank service/ fake bank calll
23 01158712368 Life Insurance insurance call
24 07403933818 Crona health/safety survey
25 03303035315 Fake o2 telecommunication scam/tech support scam

 

 

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If you use the App, or post a report on Tellows about a call you have received, then trueCall will make the data available to UK enforcement authorities to help them track down the rogues!