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Robocalls in Massachusetts

Massachusetts consumers have filed 29,440 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 25,331 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-11-03 — 2.9% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 14 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 18% on the 12 months before that.

29,440
FCC complaints
14,888
FTC DNC reports
4,234
FTC reports, last 30 days
#14
National rank (FCC)

What Massachusetts residents are reporting

14,888 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Massachusetts since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 36%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Debt reduction5,39936%
  • Other / unspecified4,38829%
  • Dropped call / no message2,37316%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,3909%
  • No subject given4693%
  • Home improvement & cleaning2452%
  • Medical & prescriptions1571%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 11am and 2pm; 91% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

4,294 complaints from Massachusetts in the last four weeks, up 6% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Massachusetts

25% of the calls Massachusetts residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 33% showed a Massachusetts area code of any kind. 24% 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 code3,74125%
  • Another Massachusetts area code1,1338%
  • Toll-free number3,51924%
  • Out-of-state area code6,49543%

Area codes on the calls

  • 413 (Massachusetts)1,75712%
  • 8337615%
  • 617 (Massachusetts)6664%
  • 8886464%
  • 508 (Massachusetts)6294%
  • 8775844%

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts residents since Jul 24.

Map of Massachusetts counties coloured by area code: 508/774, 413, 339/781, 617/857, 351/978
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
508 · 7743,831978
617 · 8573,347979
4132,6241,757
351 · 9781,997581
339 · 7811,788579

Likely campaigns reaching Massachusetts

14% of Massachusetts'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.

Massachusetts complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

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

How the calls reached Massachusetts

Prerecorded Voice
14,936
Live Voice
8,966
Abandoned Calls
4,147
Text Message
1,188
Autodialed Live Voice Call
118
Email
4
Wired
14,081
Wireless (cell phone)
12,185
Internet (VOIP)
3,155

Numbers Massachusetts residents reported this month

The numbers Massachusetts consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 4,234 reports in all, 582 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Massachusetts residents were called about this month

  • Debt reduction
    1,591
  • Other / unspecified
    1,330
  • Dropped call / no message
    583
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    383
  • No subject given
    114
  • Medical & prescriptions
    58
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    51
  • Energy, solar & utilities
    37

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Massachusetts consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Massachusetts numbers are expected to check both lists. Registering on the federal list at donotcall.gov is free and never expires; the state list is administered separately and may have its own registration process and renewal period.

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 Massachusetts, the Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts robocall FAQs

What are Massachusetts robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Massachusetts residents filed 14,888 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 36% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Massachusetts using local numbers?

Often. 25% of the calls Massachusetts residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 33% showed a Massachusetts area code of any kind; 24% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Massachusetts?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 11am and 2pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Massachusetts residents file?

Massachusetts consumers have filed 29,440 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 25,331 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 2.9% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Massachusetts 14 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Massachusetts have its own Do Not Call list?

Massachusetts is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Massachusetts numbers are expected to check both lists. Registering on the federal list at donotcall.gov is free and never expires; the state list is administered separately and may have its own registration process and renewal period.

Where do the calls reported in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Massachusetts, accounting for 14,936 of the 29,440 complaints (51%). Live Voice is second with 8,966.

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.