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The 2026 briefing · 8 min read

UK phone scam briefing: the evidence and your next steps

A practical October 2026 briefing on suspicious calls, bank impersonation and job offers, with published UK evidence, clear limits and a route to the right help.

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First-party community data

What is being reported here?

How we count reports ↓

Direct reports published on Who’s Calling Me in the last 30 complete UK calendar days. These figures describe this service’s reporting activity, not the number of scam calls across the UK.

2 Oct 2026–31 Oct 2026 · Snapshot 1 Nov 2026, 10:04 (UK time)

Direct published reports23All contributor categories
Different phone numbers21Counted once across the period
Previous 30 days02 Sept 2026–1 Oct 2026

This is a small reporting sample. We do not assign a national risk score or infer a trend from these totals. A quiet period here does not establish that calls are safe.

How contributors described their calls

Category labels are contributors’ assessments, not verified findings of fraud.

Direct report categories, 2 Oct 2026–31 Oct 2026
CategoryReportsShare
Fraud attempt6626.1%
Scam5521.7%
Unknown5521.7%
Harassment4417.4%
Silent call228.7%
Automated call114.3%
Explore daily report totals

Dates follow Europe/London. Zero means no qualifying report was published that day, not no calls were made.

Daily direct reports
UK dateReports
2 Oct 20260
3 Oct 20260
4 Oct 20260
5 Oct 20260
6 Oct 20260
7 Oct 20260
8 Oct 20260
9 Oct 20260
10 Oct 20260
11 Oct 20260
12 Oct 20265
13 Oct 20264
14 Oct 20260
15 Oct 20260
16 Oct 20261
17 Oct 20261
18 Oct 20260
19 Oct 20261
20 Oct 20260
21 Oct 20260
22 Oct 20262
23 Oct 20260
24 Oct 20260
25 Oct 20260
26 Oct 20260
27 Oct 20260
28 Oct 20263
29 Oct 20261
30 Oct 20262
31 Oct 20263

Understand the tactics

Sources checked 31 Oct 2026
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Where these insights come from

Our reporting activity

We count each approved direct report once by its publication date. Imported reports, pending or removed reports, and reports on hidden number pages are excluded. Every category is included, including Unknown and Legitimate business. The window ends at midnight today in Europe/London; today’s incomplete data is excluded.

Different-number totals count displayed phone numbers, not callers, victims or confirmed fraud cases. Reports can refer to older calls. Numbers can be spoofed. The previous period uses the same rules and 30 calendar days. Counts refresh at most once every five minutes and can change after moderation.

Our research and its limits

Our articles combine original explanations and worked examples with linked official guidance. Examples are illustrative, not claims about a named number. External statistics name the source and period and are separate from the community totals above.

We do not measure all UK calls, identify private subscribers, or turn a small reporting sample into a national risk score. Published by Who’s Calling Me, operated by OK LETS GO LTD. AI-assisted research and drafting are used; no independent expert review is claimed.

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