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Robocalls in Alabama

Alabama consumers have filed 11,181 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,107 different phone numbers between 2014-06-02 and 2026-10-22 — 1.1% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 29 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 17% on the 12 months before that.

11,181
FCC complaints
9,990
FTC DNC reports
3,185
FTC reports, last 30 days
#29
National rank (FCC)

What Alabama residents are reporting

9,990 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Alabama since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 16%. 76% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified4,21042%
  • Debt reduction1,62316%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,31813%
  • No subject given8539%
  • Dropped call / no message8468%
  • Medical & prescriptions6827%
  • Warranties & protection plans1441%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 2pm and 5pm; 95% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

3,409 complaints from Alabama in the last four weeks, level with the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Alabama

45% of the calls Alabama residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 49% showed a Alabama area code of any kind. 16% came from toll-free numbers. Robocallers display a local-looking number because people are more likely to answer one; the number on screen usually has nothing to do with who is calling. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code4,49145%
  • Another Alabama area code4304%
  • Toll-free number1,64116%
  • Out-of-state area code3,42835%

Area codes on the calls

  • 256 (Alabama)1,70217%
  • 205 (Alabama)1,63416%
  • 334 (Alabama)8418%
  • 251 (Alabama)5385%
  • 8334164%
  • 8882833%

Alabama area codes

Each county is coloured by the area code that holds most of its phone prefixes. Overlay codes share one territory and one colour. Complaint counts are from Alabama residents since Jul 24.

Map of Alabama counties coloured by area code: 334/483, 256/938, 205/659, 251
Built from NANPA prefix assignments and US Census Bureau county boundaries. Area codes follow exchange boundaries, so county colours are approximate at the edges.
Area codeResidents' complaintsCalls showing it
205 · 6593,0581,746
256 · 9383,0441,796
334 · 4831,662841
2511,455538

Likely campaigns reaching Alabama

6% of Alabama's FTC complaints in the campaign window match one of these statistical groupings: many numbers, the same complaint, the same pattern. They don't identify who is calling.

Alabama complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Alabama consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.

Area codes most reported in Alabama

The displayed area code of numbers reported by Alabama consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached Alabama

Prerecorded Voice
5,100
Live Voice
3,829
Abandoned Calls
1,444
Text Message
711
Autodialed Live Voice Call
71
Email
5
Wireless (cell phone)
6,410
Wired
3,363
Internet (VOIP)
1,398

Numbers Alabama residents reported this month

The numbers Alabama consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 3,185 reports in all, 495 of them this week; 76% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Alabama residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    1,280
  • Debt reduction
    632
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    476
  • Dropped call / no message
    281
  • No subject given
    230
  • Medical & prescriptions
    145
  • Warranties & protection plans
    48
  • Lotteries, prizes & sweepstakes
    25

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Alabama consumers

Ranked by how many Alabama FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Alabama reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Do Not Call protection in Alabama

Alabama formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. In Alabama, the Alabama Attorney General also takes consumer complaints about scam calls.

Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.

Alabama robocall FAQs

What are Alabama robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Alabama residents filed 9,990 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 16% of complaints, and 76% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Alabama using local numbers?

Often. 45% of the calls Alabama residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 49% showed a Alabama area code of any kind; 16% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Alabama?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 2pm and 5pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Alabama residents file?

Alabama consumers have filed 11,181 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,107 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-06-02 to 2026-10-22. That is 1.1% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Alabama 29 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Alabama have its own Do Not Call list?

Alabama formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

Where do the calls reported in Alabama come from?

The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in Alabama may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Alabama number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.

What kind of calls are reported most in Alabama?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Alabama, accounting for 5,100 of the 11,181 complaints (46%). Live Voice is second with 3,829.

Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly, and FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.