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Robocalls in Idaho

Idaho consumers have filed 4,802 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,477 different phone numbers between 2014-04-14 and 2026-10-23 — 0.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 38 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 20% on the 12 months before that.

4,802
FCC complaints
3,992
FTC DNC reports
1,395
FTC reports, last 30 days
#38
National rank (FCC)

What Idaho residents are reporting

3,992 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Idaho since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 37%. 78% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified1,66142%
  • Debt reduction1,46637%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)2887%
  • Dropped call / no message1644%
  • No subject given1053%
  • Home improvement & cleaning902%
  • Warranties & protection plans752%

When the calls come (as reported)

28% between 1pm and 4pm; 96% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

1,495 complaints from Idaho in the last four weeks, up 17% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Idaho

28% of the calls Idaho residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 28% showed a Idaho area code of any kind. 37% came from toll-free numbers. Most calls here don't pretend to be local, so a familiar area code is less of a warning sign than in states where spoofing dominates. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code1,11728%
  • Another Idaho area code00%
  • Toll-free number1,47337%
  • Out-of-state area code1,40635%

Area codes on the calls

  • 208 (Idaho)1,04326%
  • 8332957%
  • 8772897%
  • 8882486%
  • 8552246%
  • 8662005%

Idaho 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 Idaho residents since Jul 24.

Map of Idaho counties coloured by area code: 208/986
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
208 · 9863,4101,113

Likely campaigns reaching Idaho

20% of Idaho'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.

Idaho complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Idaho 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 Idaho

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

How the calls reached Idaho

Prerecorded Voice
2,106
Live Voice
1,654
Abandoned Calls
593
Text Message
419
Autodialed Live Voice Call
26
Wireless (cell phone)
2,860
Wired
1,483
Internet (VOIP)
457

Numbers Idaho residents reported this month

The numbers Idaho consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 1,395 reports in all, 155 of them this week; 78% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Idaho residents were called about this month

  • Debt reduction
    633
  • Other / unspecified
    481
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    123
  • Dropped call / no message
    61
  • Warranties & protection plans
    22
  • No subject given
    19
  • Medical & prescriptions
    18
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    17

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Idaho consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Idaho

Idaho 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 Idaho, the Idaho 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.

Idaho robocall FAQs

What are Idaho robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Idaho residents filed 3,992 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 37% of complaints, and 78% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Idaho using local numbers?

Often. 28% of the calls Idaho residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 28% showed a Idaho area code of any kind; 37% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Idaho?

28% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 1pm and 4pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Idaho residents file?

Idaho consumers have filed 4,802 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,477 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-04-14 to 2026-10-23. That is 0.5% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Idaho 38 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Idaho have its own Do Not Call list?

Idaho 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 Idaho 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 Idaho may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Idaho 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 Idaho?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Idaho, accounting for 2,106 of the 4,802 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 1,654.

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.