900 Area Code — Premium-rate Code
Area code 900 is a premium-rate code, not tied to any state in the Eastern time zone, in service since 1971. Consumers have filed 173 unwanted-call complaints against 37 different 900 numbers, 2 of them with the FTC in the last 30 days. Look up the exact number that called you below.
Area code 900 at a glance
- Type
- Premium-rate (no fixed location)
- Local time
- —Eastern
- In service since
- 1971
Sources: NANPA area code and central office code records (refreshed weekly); cities and counties matched from US Census Bureau and USGS place names.
Reported 900 numbers
No single 900 number has enough complaints yet for a full report page, so none are listed. Look up the exact number that called you: the lookup works on every US number, whether or not it has complaint history.
Is it getting worse?
FCC complaints about 900 numbers peaked in 2016 (113); the FTC's daily Do Not Call data has carried most of the volume since mid-2026.
FCC complaints per year
Years shown as '15 to '26; the current year is partial.
What to do about calls from 900 numbers
Before you call back
- Warranties & protection plans is the top named complaint here. Your car maker or dealer won't robocall you about an "expiring warranty". Check the paperwork you already have before paying anyone. Read about car-warranty robocalls.
- Look up the full number above. A missed call from 900 with no voicemail is usually a robocall; anyone who needs you will leave a message.
- Block repeat callers: iPhone, Android, or your carrier's free filter (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile).
Report it
- Unwanted sales calls and robocalls: donotcall.gov (FTC). Scams and fraud: ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
- Spoofing, texts and call-blocking problems: FCC consumer complaints.
Your FTC and FCC reports are published (without your name or number) in the datasets this page is built from. How to report unwanted calls.
Area code 900: questions answered from the data
Where is area code 900?
Area code 900 is not tied to a location. It is a premium-rate code reachable from anywhere in the North American Numbering Plan, so the digits say nothing about where the caller is.
What time zone is area code 900 in?
Area code 900 is in the Eastern time zone (UTC−5, or UTC−4 during daylight saving time). The current local time is shown at the top of this page.
How do I report a 900 scam call?
Report unwanted sales calls and robocalls to the FTC at donotcall.gov, and scams to ReportFraud.ftc.gov. The FCC takes complaints at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Reports feed the public data this page is built from.
Sources: FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday and available here from Jul 24; FCC Consumer Complaint Data, public record, imported nightly; NANPA numbering records. A number appearing here means consumers reported calls that displayed it. Caller ID can be spoofed.