Police Impersonation Scams in the UK

Callers claiming to be police officers from the Metropolitan Police, HMRC, Border Force or Action Fraud, saying your bank account or identity is being used for fraud and demanding you withdraw cash or transfer money.

How to protect yourself

The police will never ask you to transfer money or withdraw cash. Hang up and call 101 (or 999 if in immediate danger) to verify. No legitimate authority will ask you to keep the call secret.

Reported police impersonation scams numbers

#	Number	Reports
1	07711 246168	7 reports
2	0800 4359220	6 reports
3	07711 992336	6 reports
4	0345 1813430	5 reports
5	0131 2062990	5 reports
6	0191 2251090	5 reports
7	07911 088769	4 reports
8	0131 2512840	4 reports
9	0870 1161820	4 reports
10	020 7003 4810	4 reports
11	0808 2190940	3 reports
12	01132 074460	3 reports
13	020 7010 9030	3 reports
14	0191 2091740	3 reports
15	01179 118950	3 reports
16	07712 085607	3 reports
17	0121 2188080	2 reports
18	01604 423739	2 reports
19	01158 238480	2 reports
20	0808 1368840	1 report

What people are reporting

“Claimed to be immigration ”

07893 096154

“They are using a legitimate companiesdetails which we have been with before but got scammed on flights reported to police fraud and bank just waiting to hear back devastated as was for our 40th Weddin…”

020 3996 0828

“Claimed to be from Visa and reported a fraudulent transaction. There were two numbers one should press. No. 2 was: "If you want to speak with an advisor, press 2". My husband pressed '2'. There was a …”

07512 858131

“They claim to be working for GOOGLE onboarding team - they will mention your name and business/company - the female is Asian, number in Manchester area - she then said Google ''referred' me to her- ob…”

0161 6198644

“asking if i was police ”

07783 412403

“Claimed to be high court enforcement officers, scam”

0333 0524141

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Report fraud to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.