Most Spoofed Area Codes in the United States - 323 Area Codes Ranked by FTC Complaints

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Spoofed Area Codes

323 area codes ranked by FTC complaint volume. 14,821,256 total complaints analyzed.Updated Jun 28, 2026 · FTC complaint data

Two patterns emerge from the data. Toll-free numbers (800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, 888) dominate the top of the list because scammers use them for nationwide campaigns. Local area codes are spoofed for neighbor spoofing, where scammers fake a local caller ID to trick residents into answering. Click any area code to see the full scam report.

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Toll-Free Numbers

Toll-free prefixes generate the highest complaint volumes because they are cheap to acquire, carry an air of legitimacy, and are used in nationwide campaigns targeting every state.

By State

Local area codes ranked by total FTC complaints within each state. States are ordered by combined complaint volume. Higher in-state complaint percentages indicate stronger neighbor spoofing patterns.

Washington DC

2 area codes, 114,027 total complaints

West Virginia

2 area codes, 81,185 total complaints

Delaware

1 area code, 67,477 total complaints

New Mexico

2 area codes, 67,379 total complaints

Idaho

1 area code, 60,166 total complaints

Maine

1 area code, 50,316 total complaints

New Hampshire

1 area code, 46,425 total complaints

Rhode Island

1 area code, 45,381 total complaints

Montana

1 area code, 33,905 total complaints

South Dakota

1 area code, 33,876 total complaints

Wyoming

1 area code, 29,288 total complaints

Vermont

1 area code, 29,182 total complaints

Hawaii

1 area code, 25,757 total complaints

North Dakota

1 area code, 23,933 total complaints

Alaska

1 area code, 5,833 total complaints

Data Source

All statistics are derived from the FTC Do Not Call complaint database. Area codes with fewer than 5,000 complaints are excluded from this page. Click any area code for the full report including FCC cross-reference data, scam category breakdowns, and top-reported numbers.