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Robocalls in Maryland

Maryland consumers have filed 28,217 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 23,622 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-11-03 — 2.8% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 15 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 59% on the 12 months before that.

28,217
FCC complaints
13,829
FTC DNC reports
3,933
FTC reports, last 30 days
#15
National rank (FCC)

What Maryland residents are reporting

13,829 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Maryland since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 28%. 77% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified5,26538%
  • Debt reduction3,92028%
  • Dropped call / no message1,48611%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,35710%
  • No subject given5194%
  • Home improvement & cleaning3372%
  • Medical & prescriptions3172%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 10am and 1pm; 91% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

3,960 complaints from Maryland in the last four weeks, level with the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Maryland

25% of the calls Maryland residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 36% showed a Maryland area code of any kind. 21% 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 code3,51625%
  • Another Maryland area code1,51211%
  • Toll-free number2,84921%
  • Out-of-state area code5,95243%

Area codes on the calls

  • 410 (Maryland)1,38410%
  • 443 (Maryland)1,2329%
  • 240 (Maryland)9147%
  • 301 (Maryland)9087%
  • 8336415%
  • 8884984%

Maryland 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 Maryland residents since Jul 24.

Map of Maryland counties coloured by area code: 410/443/667, 227/240/301
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
410 · 443 · 6676,9422,950
227 · 240 · 3015,3112,078

Likely campaigns reaching Maryland

12% of Maryland'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.

Maryland complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Maryland 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 Maryland

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

How the calls reached Maryland

Prerecorded Voice
12,510
Live Voice
8,558
Abandoned Calls
5,370
Text Message
1,584
Autodialed Live Voice Call
149
Email
6
Wireless (cell phone)
13,708
Wired
11,587
Internet (VOIP)
2,898

Numbers Maryland residents reported this month

The numbers Maryland consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 3,933 reports in all, 426 of them this week; 77% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Maryland residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    1,624
  • Debt reduction
    1,166
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    365
  • Dropped call / no message
    295
  • No subject given
    144
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    93
  • Medical & prescriptions
    75
  • Warranties & protection plans
    71

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Maryland consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Maryland

Maryland 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 Maryland, the Maryland 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.

Maryland robocall FAQs

What are Maryland robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Maryland residents filed 13,829 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 28% of complaints, and 77% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Maryland using local numbers?

Often. 25% of the calls Maryland residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 36% showed a Maryland area code of any kind; 21% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Maryland?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 10am and 1pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Maryland residents file?

Maryland consumers have filed 28,217 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 23,622 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 2.8% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Maryland 15 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Maryland have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Maryland, accounting for 12,510 of the 28,217 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 8,558.

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.