Robocalls in Montana
Montana consumers have filed 2,906 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,705 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-10-22 — 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 45 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 14% on the 12 months before that.
What Montana residents are reporting
1,800 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Montana since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 29%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.
Complaint subjects
- Other / unspecified78944%
- Debt reduction52629%
- Impostor (government, business, family)1639%
- Medical & prescriptions1016%
- Dropped call / no message754%
- No subject given503%
- Computer & tech support292%
When the calls come (as reported)
26% between 1pm and 4pm; 95% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.
Week by week
626 complaints from Montana in the last four weeks, down 4% on the four weeks before.
Neighbor spoofing in Montana
45% of the calls Montana residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 44% showed a Montana area code of any kind. 22% 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.
What the caller ID showed
- The resident's own area code80945%
- Another Montana area code00%
- Toll-free number39922%
- Out-of-state area code61634%
Area codes on the calls
- 406 (Montana)78544%
- 833744%
- 877734%
- 866674%
- 855644%
- 888603%
Montana 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 Montana residents since Jul 24.
| Area code | Main city | Residents' complaints | Calls showing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | Billings | 1,577 | 785 |
Likely campaigns reaching Montana
11% of Montana'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.
Montana complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Montana 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 Montana
The displayed area code of numbers reported by Montana consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
How the calls reached Montana
- Prerecorded Voice
- 1,368
- Live Voice
- 959
- Abandoned Calls
- 356
- Text Message
- 199
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 20
- 1
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 1,702
- Wired
- 885
- Internet (VOIP)
- 319
Numbers Montana residents reported this month
The numbers Montana consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 564 reports in all, 64 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.
- (855) 580-2649Debt reduction2 from MT2026-10-17
- (866) 386-5771Debt reduction2 from MT2026-10-17
- (866) 612-7724Medical & prescriptions2 from MT2026-10-14
- (404) 806-4811Impostor (government, business, family)2 from MT2026-10-06
- (775) 438-1723Impostor (government, business, family)2 from MT2026-10-05
- (866) 771-7077Debt reduction1 from MT2026-10-17
- (217) 863-7429Debt reduction1 from MT2026-10-16
- (888) 269-0348Debt reduction1 from MT2026-10-16
- (855) 580-2723Debt reduction1 from MT2026-10-16
- (855) 923-2678Debt reduction1 from MT2026-10-15
- (833) 662-5669Other / unspecified1 from MT2026-10-14
- (877) 961-1151Debt reduction1 from MT2026-10-13
- (877) 681-1325Debt reduction1 from MT2026-10-13
What Montana residents were called about this month
- Other / unspecified226
- Debt reduction167
- Impostor (government, business, family)75
- Medical & prescriptions39
- Dropped call / no message24
- No subject given19
- Warranties & protection plans4
- Lotteries, prizes & sweepstakes2
Numbers most reported to the FCC by Montana consumers
Ranked by how many Montana FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Montana reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
Do Not Call protection in Montana
Montana 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 Montana, the Montana Department of Justice 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.
Montana robocall FAQs
What are Montana robocalls about right now?
Since 2026-07-24, Montana residents filed 1,800 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 29% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.
Are spam calls in Montana using local numbers?
Often. 45% of the calls Montana residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 44% showed a Montana area code of any kind; 22% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.
When do robocalls hit Montana?
26% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 1pm and 4pm local time as reported.
How many robocall complaints do Montana residents file?
Montana consumers have filed 2,906 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,705 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-10-22. That is 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Montana 45 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does Montana have its own Do Not Call list?
Montana 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 Montana 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 Montana may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Montana 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 Montana?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Montana, accounting for 1,368 of the 2,906 complaints (47%). Live Voice is second with 959.
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.