Robocalls in Nebraska
Nebraska consumers have filed 5,675 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 5,168 different phone numbers between 2014-01-31 and 2026-10-22 — 0.6% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 35 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 38% on the 12 months before that.
What Nebraska residents are reporting
6,518 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Nebraska since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 35%. 80% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.
Complaint subjects
- Debt reduction2,25635%
- Other / unspecified2,09932%
- Impostor (government, business, family)90514%
- Medical & prescriptions4557%
- Dropped call / no message3525%
- No subject given2033%
- Warranties & protection plans1082%
When the calls come (as reported)
28% between 2pm and 5pm; 96% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.
Week by week
2,024 complaints from Nebraska in the last four weeks, down 8% on the four weeks before.
Neighbor spoofing in Nebraska
38% of the calls Nebraska residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 40% showed a Nebraska area code of any kind. 33% 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 code2,48538%
- Another Nebraska area code962%
- Toll-free number2,13733%
- Out-of-state area code1,80027%
Area codes on the calls
- 402 (Nebraska)2,09132%
- 8774206%
- 8334086%
- 8883946%
- 8553185%
- 308 (Nebraska)2934%
Nebraska 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 Nebraska residents since Jul 24.
Likely campaigns reaching Nebraska
21% of Nebraska'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.
Nebraska complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Nebraska 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 Nebraska
The displayed area code of numbers reported by Nebraska consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
How the calls reached Nebraska
- Prerecorded Voice
- 2,727
- Live Voice
- 1,841
- Abandoned Calls
- 635
- Text Message
- 411
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 36
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 3,550
- Wired
- 1,618
- Internet (VOIP)
- 500
Numbers Nebraska residents reported this month
The numbers Nebraska consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 1,850 reports in all, 256 of them this week; 80% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.
- (217) 863-7429Debt reduction12 from NE2026-10-19
- (331) 888-1940Debt reduction8 from NE2026-10-14
- (866) 342-3844Debt reduction6 from NE2026-10-20
- (217) 863-7210Debt reduction6 from NE2026-10-09
- (877) 681-1325Debt reduction5 from NE2026-10-14
- (877) 514-1448Debt reduction4 from NE2026-10-17
- (888) 757-2070Debt reduction4 from NE2026-10-14
- (626) 941-2727Debt reduction4 from NE2026-10-14
- (402) 997-0030No subject given4 from NE2026-09-30
- (800) 733-2767Debt reduction3 from NE2026-10-14
- (855) 580-2839Debt reduction3 from NE2026-10-14
- (775) 438-1723Impostor (government, business, family)3 from NE2026-10-14
- (844) 959-3714Debt reduction3 from NE2026-10-09
- (833) 662-5762Debt reduction3 from NE2026-10-05
- (877) 514-1450Debt reduction3 from NE2026-10-02
- (830) 457-9247Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-20
- (888) 310-2032Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-19
- (855) 994-1781Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-19
- (855) 635-3694Other / unspecified2 from NE2026-10-17
- (321) 395-8327Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-17
- (866) 771-4886Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-14
- (844) 502-3051Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-14
- (502) 476-0075Medical & prescriptions2 from NE2026-10-13
- (866) 398-2420Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-12
- (877) 710-3462Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-09
- (877) 710-3615Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-09
- (321) 395-8866Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-09
- (855) 580-2559Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-09
- (888) 912-1704Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-09
- (217) 834-9964Debt reduction2 from NE2026-10-02
What Nebraska residents were called about this month
- Debt reduction641
- Other / unspecified603
- Impostor (government, business, family)242
- Dropped call / no message162
- No subject given101
- Medical & prescriptions65
- Warranties & protection plans10
- Lotteries, prizes & sweepstakes8
Do Not Call protection in Nebraska
Nebraska does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.
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 Nebraska, the Nebraska 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.
Nebraska robocall FAQs
What are Nebraska robocalls about right now?
Since 2026-07-24, Nebraska residents filed 6,518 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 35% of complaints, and 80% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.
Are spam calls in Nebraska using local numbers?
Often. 38% of the calls Nebraska residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 40% showed a Nebraska area code of any kind; 33% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.
When do robocalls hit Nebraska?
28% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 2pm and 5pm local time as reported.
How many robocall complaints do Nebraska residents file?
Nebraska consumers have filed 5,675 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 5,168 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-31 to 2026-10-22. That is 0.6% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Nebraska 35 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does Nebraska have its own Do Not Call list?
Nebraska does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.
Where do the calls reported in Nebraska 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 Nebraska may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Nebraska 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 Nebraska?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Nebraska, accounting for 2,727 of the 5,675 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 1,841.
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.