Check unknown UK numbers with recent reports from across London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and more. Learn from others and share your experience.
Unsure about a UK caller? Find fresh community reports to judge unknown calls or texts. In London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh or Glasgow you’ll see legitimate callbacks (banks, clinics, deliveries) alongside waves of automated or misleading contacts. Area codes like 020, 0161, 0121, 0131 are not reliable for location due to portability/VoIP — use them as context, not proof.
What to do: if unsure, return calls via the official number on the company site/app, check in‑app notices, and don’t share one‑time codes. Use device filters/blocks and, if available, carrier tools (EE, O2, Vodafone, Three). Share a short factual note here so others can decide faster.
Da de spurte etter adressen min og jeg nektet å bekrefte den, ble jeg umiddelbart tatt ut av målgruppen.
Got a ring about the car at 19:30, cheers.
Calls come in quite late at night, quite tacky and annoying – so no thanks!
Blir kontaktet flere ganger på ulike tidspunkt.
En vennlig kvinne holdt telefonlinja i mer enn 20 min, men kom så tilbake og sa at hun fortsatt var på linjen
Bruker beskriver dette som irriterende
Unsolicited callers asking for banking information
Brukaren indikerer at dette bør behandles med forsiktighet.
Seems to be a scam.
User warned to be cautious, mate.
Brugerens bemærkning: Sikker
The caller asserted they sent an SMS.
Gleichzeitig erhielt ich diesen Anruf zusammen mit einem anderen aus Großbritannien, das als Spam eingestuft wurde.
Got a baffling call from an unknown source – quite pointless.
Ping call – a quick, pointless buzz.
Cost trap call that tried to upsell me on a hidden fee service – not recommended.
Appears to be decent.
A simple ‘Hello’ message came through; I flagged it as a scam, didn’t respond, and reported it to my carrier.
She kept ringing, asking for my name, then I pointed her to where she should go.
Phantom call
Avoid calling back the unknown number. Use the official number (site/app) and watch for in‑app messages or emails.
Delivery updates, clinic callbacks and 2FA codes; also periods of robocalls, tax/bank impersonation or pushy sales.
Caller type, purpose, time, and cues (e.g., pressure, urgency, payment requests). Keep it short and useful for others.
EE, O2, Vodafone and Three; many users refer to their spam filters and block lists.