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Robocalls in Minnesota

Minnesota consumers have filed 14,718 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,986 different phone numbers between 2014-04-20 and 2026-11-03 — 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 22 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 15% on the 12 months before that.

14,718
FCC complaints
6,556
FTC DNC reports
1,655
FTC reports, last 30 days
#22
National rank (FCC)

What Minnesota residents are reporting

6,556 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Minnesota since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 21%. 68% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified2,49038%
  • Debt reduction1,36221%
  • Dropped call / no message78112%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)73211%
  • No subject given4747%
  • Home improvement & cleaning1622%
  • Warranties & protection plans1512%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 2pm and 5pm; 93% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

1,671 complaints from Minnesota in the last four weeks, down 9% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Minnesota

36% of the calls Minnesota residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 52% showed a Minnesota area code of any kind. 13% 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 code2,35636%
  • Another Minnesota area code1,05916%
  • Toll-free number85913%
  • Out-of-state area code2,28235%

Area codes on the calls

  • 651 (Minnesota)85713%
  • 612 (Minnesota)76712%
  • 218 (Minnesota)4327%
  • 507 (Minnesota)3966%
  • 320 (Minnesota)3465%
  • 763 (Minnesota)3455%

Minnesota 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 Minnesota residents since Jul 24.

Map of Minnesota counties coloured by area code: 507/924, 218, 320, 651, 763, 952, 612
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
6121,500767
6511,401857
218761432
763701345
507 · 924679396
952607272
320477346

Likely campaigns reaching Minnesota

6% of Minnesota'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.

Minnesota complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

How the calls reached Minnesota

Prerecorded Voice
7,388
Live Voice
4,322
Abandoned Calls
1,782
Text Message
1,098
Autodialed Live Voice Call
102
Email
4
Wireless (cell phone)
8,843
Wired
4,165
Internet (VOIP)
1,700

Numbers Minnesota residents reported this month

The numbers Minnesota consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 1,655 reports in all, 257 of them this week; 68% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Minnesota residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    642
  • Debt reduction
    326
  • Dropped call / no message
    220
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    206
  • No subject given
    83
  • Warranties & protection plans
    46
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    39
  • Medical & prescriptions
    25

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Minnesota consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Minnesota

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, the Minnesota 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.

Minnesota robocall FAQs

What are Minnesota robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Minnesota residents filed 6,556 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 21% of complaints, and 68% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Minnesota using local numbers?

Often. 36% of the calls Minnesota residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 52% showed a Minnesota area code of any kind; 13% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Minnesota?

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

How many robocall complaints do Minnesota residents file?

Minnesota consumers have filed 14,718 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,986 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-04-20 to 2026-11-03. That is 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Minnesota 22 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Minnesota have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Minnesota, accounting for 7,388 of the 14,718 complaints (50%). Live Voice is second with 4,322.

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.