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(859) 488-7691
(859) 488-7691 is a landline / voip number from Boone, KY on a prefix assigned to Teleport Communications America, LLC. Consumers have filed 54 complaints about it with the FCC, most recently on 2022-10-24.
Who called me from (859) 488-7691?
Carrier & location
- Type
- Landline / VoIP
- Assigned carrier
- Teleport Communications America, LLC
- Rate center
- Boone, KY
- Prefix 859-488
- pooled block
- Area code
- 859 — Kentucky
- Time zone
- E
This prefix is assigned to a wireline or VoIP operator. VoIP lines are cheap to obtain in bulk, which makes them a common vehicle for spam and scam calling campaigns. Carrier assignment shows who the prefix was allocated to; numbers can be ported, and caller ID can be spoofed.
Complaint history
- FCC complaints
- 542015-04-17 → 2022-10-24
- Community reports
- 0
FCC Consumer Complaint Data, public record. Complaints run from 2015-04-17 to 2022-10-24.
Did this number call you? What was it?
Complaint pattern for (859) 488-7691
What the 54 public FCC complaints naming this number show about when the calls happened, where they landed and how they were placed. Derived from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, a public record.
FCC complaints per month. Peak month: 2017-06 (4).
Complaints span 7.5 years, from 2015-04-17 to 2022-10-24, with activity recorded in 29 separate months.
Where the complaints came from
- KY54
Every complaint came from a single state (KY), which is more consistent with a local or regional caller than a national campaign.
How the calls were placed
- Abandoned Calls
- 35
- Prerecorded Voice
- 10
- Live Voice
- 9
- Wired
- 54
Abandoned Calls: The line was dialled and dropped before anyone spoke — the signature of a predictive dialler placing more calls than it has agents to answer. The FCC's telemarketing rules cap abandoned calls at 3% of answered calls.
Prefix and area context
3 other numbers on the (859) 488 block have complaints too — 79 across the block in total. 2 of them were complained about during the same period as this number, which is what a campaign rotating through a block of consecutive numbers looks like from the outside.
Within area code 859 (Kentucky), this is the 1st most-complained-about number of the 2,069 that have any complaint on record.
Source: FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center. Complaints are unverified consumer submissions: they record what someone reported, not a finding against the caller. Numbers can be spoofed, so a complaint may describe a call that only displayed this number.
FCC complaint log for (859) 488-7691
The most recent unwanted-call complaints US consumers filed with the FCC naming this number — type of issue, contact method, and the state the complaint came from. Public record, imported nightly.
| Date | Call type | Method | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-24 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-10-14 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-09-15 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-09-01 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-08-24 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-08-01 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-07-22 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-06-24 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-06-15 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
| 2022-05-24 | Prerecorded Voice | Wired | KY |
Reported in the last 7 days in area code 859 (Kentucky)
Numbers in this area code that consumers reported to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry this week.
- (859) 432-05292 this week · Energy, solar & utilities
- (859) 474-78612 this week · Debt reduction
- (859) 279-18711 this week · Impostor (government, business, family)
- (859) 295-15301 this week · Medical & prescriptions
- (859) 331-19621 this week · Impostor (government, business, family)
- (859) 340-34621 this week · No subject given
- (859) 357-68011 this week · Impostor (government, business, family)
- (859) 376-94691 this week · Impostor (government, business, family)
- (859) 388-59271 this week · No subject given
- (859) 404-63661 this week · No subject given
Is (859) 488-7691 a scam? Community reports
No community reports for (859) 488-7691 yet. If this number called you, you're likely the first — leave a report below and help the next person who searches it.
Other reported numbers starting (859) 488
Robocall campaigns often rotate through a block of numbers on the same prefix — if several neighbors have complaints too, that's campaign behavior.
What to do next
Block it on Android or iPhone, turn on your carrier's free filtering, and report the call to the FCC and FTC — those complaints are the public record this page is built from.
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FAQs about (859) 488-7691
Who called me from (859) 488-7691?
(859) 488-7691 is a landline / voip number on a prefix assigned to Teleport Communications America, LLC, based in Boone, KY. Consumers have filed 54 complaints about it with the FCC.
Is (859) 488-7691 a scam or robocall?
The FCC's public complaint data contains 54 complaints about unwanted calls from (859) 488-7691, including 10 categorized as robocalls. That is a strong signal, but not proof — read the community reports and never share personal or payment information with an unsolicited caller.
Should I call (859) 488-7691 back?
The most recent complaint against this number was filed on 2022-10-24. As a general rule, only return a call you were expecting: a caller with legitimate business will leave a voicemail.
WhoCalledLookup is not a consumer reporting agency (FCRA). Community reports are user opinions, not statements of fact by this site; FTC and FCC complaints are unverified consumer submissions. Own this number? Dispute a listing.