Top nuisance and scam calling numbers to UK households
| Ranking | Phone number | Caller name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01158712368 | Life Insurance | aggressive marketing |
| 2 | 01315614532 | Ipsos Mori | market research/survey |
| 3 | 08000338005 | Three | telecommunication call |
| 4 | 03335565564 | Lowell | dept collection |
| 5 | 03332029470 | British Gas | cold call/aggressive advertising |
| 6 | 01709242673 | Vodafone Scam | telecommunication scam/tech support scam |
| 7 | 08004970747 | Domestic and General | insurance call |
| 8 | 01482293839 | Vodafone (fake) | telecommunication scam/tech support scam |
| 9 | 01616966054 | AO.com | insurance call |
| 10 | 02922229992 | Smart Meter scam | energy cold call/aggressive advertisement |
| 11 | 01418466477 | Scottish Power (Scam) | cold call/cost trap |
| 12 | 08005610170 | Capital One | financial advice |
| 13 | 08000478519 | Phishing Scam | loans cam/dept collection |
| 14 | 08004089340 | Virgin Media | communication scam/grant scam |
| 15 | 07953222222 | EE (telephone company) | energy scam/gas cold call |
| 16 | 08008021484 | Sky telecommunciations | tv/telecommunication scam |
| 17 | 08456021111 | British Telecommunication (BT) | telecommunication scam/broadband scam |
| 18 | 03333440000 | Text message | text message/service text |
| 19 | 03452962834 | Populus | market research/survey/advertising |
| 20 | 01619687065 | Moorcroft | debt collection call |
| 21 | 08005610170 | Capital One | debt collection scam/ |
| 22 | 08001697762 | Lloyds Bank (Spoofed) | bank service/ fake bank call |
| 23 | 02920858765 | Link Financial | loan scam/debt collection call |
| 24 | 07596863186 | Ab*Randmillsee | solar sales/energy scam |
| 25 | 01423223544 | survey call | survey call/data collection |
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