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Robocalls in North Carolina

North Carolina consumers have filed 30,812 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 27,063 different phone numbers between 2014-05-07 and 2026-11-03 — 3.1% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 12 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 21% on the 12 months before that.

30,812
FCC complaints
25,929
FTC DNC reports
8,149
FTC reports, last 30 days
#12
National rank (FCC)

What North Carolina residents are reporting

25,929 FTC Do Not Call complaints from North Carolina since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 26%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified10,34840%
  • Debt reduction6,65226%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)3,23412%
  • Medical & prescriptions1,6556%
  • No subject given1,4376%
  • Dropped call / no message1,1755%
  • Warranties & protection plans3531%

When the calls come (as reported)

30% between 10am and 1pm; 92% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

8,218 complaints from North Carolina in the last four weeks, up 14% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in North Carolina

37% of the calls North Carolina residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 44% showed a North Carolina area code of any kind. 19% 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 code9,61437%
  • Another North Carolina area code1,8287%
  • Toll-free number4,91019%
  • Out-of-state area code9,57737%

Area codes on the calls

  • 336 (North Carolina)2,1298%
  • 704 (North Carolina)1,9928%
  • 828 (North Carolina)1,5366%
  • 919 (North Carolina)1,5276%
  • 910 (North Carolina)1,4286%
  • 8331,2075%

North Carolina 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 North Carolina residents since Jul 24.

Map of North Carolina counties coloured by area code: 252, 828, 472/910, 336/743, 704/980, 919/984
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
704 · 9805,9932,962
919 · 9844,3411,960
336 · 7434,0402,362
472 · 9103,6781,470
8283,1631,536
2521,4801,152

Likely campaigns reaching North Carolina

12% of North Carolina'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.

North Carolina complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

How the calls reached North Carolina

Prerecorded Voice
13,765
Live Voice
9,985
Abandoned Calls
4,653
Text Message
2,129
Autodialed Live Voice Call
172
Email
4
Wireless (cell phone)
17,125
Wired
8,917
Internet (VOIP)
4,718

Numbers North Carolina residents reported this month

The numbers North Carolina consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 8,149 reports in all, 974 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What North Carolina residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    3,279
  • Debt reduction
    2,320
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    1,165
  • Medical & prescriptions
    412
  • No subject given
    388
  • Dropped call / no message
    199
  • Warranties & protection plans
    128
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    88

Numbers most reported to the FCC by North Carolina consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in North Carolina

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, the North Carolina 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.

North Carolina robocall FAQs

What are North Carolina robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, North Carolina residents filed 25,929 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 26% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in North Carolina using local numbers?

Often. 37% of the calls North Carolina residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 44% showed a North Carolina area code of any kind; 19% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit North Carolina?

30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 10am and 1pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do North Carolina residents file?

North Carolina consumers have filed 30,812 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 27,063 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-05-07 to 2026-11-03. That is 3.1% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking North Carolina 12 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does North Carolina have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in North Carolina, accounting for 13,765 of the 30,812 complaints (45%). Live Voice is second with 9,985.

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.