+44 148 229 397 8
Risk level: Medium
Who is this? Spam, telemarketing or a legitimate call? Community reports in United Kingdom.
Number with prefix 148. Review community reports, risk and comments below before answering or blocking. Browse numbers with prefix 148
AI Analysis
Limited information: Multiple reports of unwanted calls, primarily claiming to be from Sky for account upgrades, with one severe harassment report.
Likely purpose: Likely telemarketing fraud (purportedly Sky) and one case of harassment.
Most common user complaints
- Called to upgrade Sky account
- Missed call with no message
- Harassment (explicit content)
AI analysis: 10 Jul 2026
Information based on community reports and automated analysis. It may contain errors or be out of date, and is not legal advice or a verified accusation against the number's owner.
Web research
A preliminary scan of available public lookup resources suggests mixed results for UK number +441482293978, with several services indicating typical UK landline/mobile classification and some user reported activity, but no definitive, universally verified ownership. Availability of reliable, exact owner data for this specific number appears limited.
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A preliminary scan of available public lookup resources suggests mixed results for UK number +441482293978, with several services indicating typical UK landline/mobile classification and some user reported activity, but no definitive, universally verified ownership. Availability of reliable, exact owner data for this specific number appears limited. 1. Likely type: UK number likely a landline or mobile; some services classify it as a standard consumer number, but exact type not consistently confirmed across sources. 2. Online chatter: Multiple UK reverse lookup and spam report platforms show generic caller information features and user generated reports; however, many entries are UI driven or require device specific context. 3. Association with spam/scam: Some platforms flag unknown UK numbers for potential scam risk via user reports or red flag indicators; no universal consensus or authoritative scam designation across all results. 4. Public exposure/leak: No clear evidence in the provided results that this exact number is present in leaked datasets or widely exposed directories; most results are lookup sites rather than breaches. 5. Call back advisability: Given mixed signals and potential risk signals on similar UK numbers, answering or returning calls should be avoided unless the caller identity is verified through trusted channels.
United Kingdom
Operator information
- Country:
United Kingdom- Prefix:
- +44
- Type:
- Other
- Operator:
- EE, O2, Vodafone, Three
Recent searches
Last 7 days
Community comments
4Called to upgrade Sky account. When I said the account is in my Mums name he kept trying to get me to put her on rather than just calling her through the account information. I suspect his is because it wasn't actually Sky and he didn't really have any info.
Missed call (again) no message left (again) Nuiscance (again) Blocked (again) supposedly from Sky (again) Really annoying as the law is supposedly that they are not allowed to do this anymore!
01482293978 pervert called me from this number saying he was jerking off,i phoned the police.
searched number and other sites state that it's sky sales
Signal summary for +44 148 229 397 8
+44 148 229 397 8 belongs to the 148 prefix and is classified as Telemarketing. This page combines no approved reports and 4 public comments to explain the risk level.
