Robocalls in Mississippi
Mississippi consumers have filed 5,102 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,746 different phone numbers between 2014-01-03 and 2026-10-22 — 0.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 37 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 89% on the 12 months before that.
What Mississippi residents are reporting
3,629 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Mississippi since Jul 24. The most common named subject is impostor (government, business, family), at 15%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.
These shares include Canton (601 phones), flagged under “Week by week” as an unusually concentrated source, so they lean toward what that source reports.
Complaint subjects
- Other / unspecified1,37938%
- No subject given55315%
- Impostor (government, business, family)53715%
- Debt reduction42012%
- Medical & prescriptions2908%
- Dropped call / no message2126%
- Warranties & protection plans1273%
When the calls come (as reported)
30% between 1pm and 4pm; 96% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.
Week by week
1,432 complaints from Mississippi in the last four weeks; leaving out the concentrated source below, complaints are down 12% on the four weeks before.
Data note: 361 of Mississippi's last-four-week complaints (25%) came from one place, Canton, MS (callers' own phones in area code 601), up from 2 in the comparison period. That pattern usually means one or a few very active filers, so trend figures here leave it out.
Neighbor spoofing in Mississippi
60% of the calls Mississippi residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 57% showed a Mississippi area code of any kind. 11% 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.
These shares include Canton (601 phones), flagged under “Week by week” as an unusually concentrated source, so they lean toward what that source reports.
What the caller ID showed
- The resident's own area code2,17860%
- Another Mississippi area code00%
- Toll-free number39111%
- Out-of-state area code1,15232%
Area codes on the calls
- 601 (Mississippi)1,07630%
- 228 (Mississippi)53515%
- 662 (Mississippi)39711%
- 9012066%
- 8331474%
- 769 (Mississippi)782%
Mississippi 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 Mississippi residents since Jul 24.
Likely campaigns reaching Mississippi
1% of Mississippi'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.
Mississippi complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Mississippi 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 Mississippi
The displayed area code of numbers reported by Mississippi consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
How the calls reached Mississippi
- Prerecorded Voice
- 2,427
- Live Voice
- 1,748
- Abandoned Calls
- 634
- Text Message
- 258
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 27
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 2,971
- Wired
- 1,317
- Internet (VOIP)
- 811
Numbers Mississippi residents reported this month
The numbers Mississippi consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 1,301 reports in all, 138 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.
- (228) 332-4972Impostor (government, business, family)4 from MS2026-10-14
- (833) 410-1092No subject given2 from MS2026-10-19
- (866) 923-1419Warranties & protection plans2 from MS2026-10-19
- (833) 711-3940Warranties & protection plans2 from MS2026-10-05
- (866) 386-5771Debt reduction1 from MS2026-10-20
- (518) 583-9048Debt reduction1 from MS2026-10-20
What Mississippi residents were called about this month
- No subject given364
- Other / unspecified360
- Impostor (government, business, family)179
- Debt reduction140
- Medical & prescriptions98
- Dropped call / no message94
- Warranties & protection plans41
- Vacation & timeshares7
Numbers most reported to the FCC by Mississippi consumers
Ranked by how many Mississippi FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Mississippi reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
Do Not Call protection in Mississippi
Mississippi is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Mississippi 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.
Mississippi's separate Public Service Commission list was discontinued on 1 July 2023, with oversight moving to the Attorney General's office and the federal National Registry becoming the operative list for Mississippi residents. Numbers already on the state list at that date remain protected for enforcement purposes. (DNC scrubbing: federal, state and RND)
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 Mississippi, the Mississippi 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.
Mississippi robocall FAQs
What are Mississippi robocalls about right now?
Since 2026-07-24, Mississippi residents filed 3,629 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was impostor (government, business, family), at 15% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.
Are spam calls in Mississippi using local numbers?
Often. 60% of the calls Mississippi residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 57% showed a Mississippi area code of any kind; 11% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.
When do robocalls hit Mississippi?
30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 1pm and 4pm local time as reported.
How many robocall complaints do Mississippi residents file?
Mississippi consumers have filed 5,102 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,746 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-03 to 2026-10-22. That is 0.5% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Mississippi 37 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does Mississippi have its own Do Not Call list?
Mississippi is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Mississippi 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 Mississippi?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Mississippi, accounting for 2,427 of the 5,102 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 1,748.
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.