WhoCalledLookupUS

Robocalls in New Jersey

New Jersey consumers have filed 29,672 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 24,315 different phone numbers between 2014-01-05 and 2026-11-03 — 3.0% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 13 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 26% on the 12 months before that.

29,672
FCC complaints
25,768
FTC DNC reports
8,046
FTC reports, last 30 days
#13
National rank (FCC)

What New Jersey residents are reporting

25,768 FTC Do Not Call complaints from New Jersey since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 34%. 76% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified9,35736%
  • Debt reduction8,79534%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)2,1228%
  • No subject given1,8337%
  • Dropped call / no message1,7017%
  • Medical & prescriptions7493%
  • Energy, solar & utilities3211%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 11am and 2pm; 91% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

8,193 complaints from New Jersey in the last four weeks, up 19% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in New Jersey

25% of the calls New Jersey residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 36% showed a New Jersey area code of any kind. 25% 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 code6,44125%
  • Another New Jersey area code2,72511%
  • Toll-free number6,49625%
  • Out-of-state area code10,10639%

Area codes on the calls

  • 732 (New Jersey)2,0518%
  • 973 (New Jersey)1,3495%
  • 609 (New Jersey)1,3055%
  • 201 (New Jersey)1,3005%
  • 8331,2875%
  • 8771,1835%

New Jersey 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 New Jersey residents since Jul 24.

Map of New Jersey counties coloured by area code: 908, 856, 862/973, 609/640, 732/848, 201/551
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
732 · 8485,8302,322
201 · 5515,1441,819
609 · 6404,3931,477
862 · 9734,0931,668
9082,9961,060
8561,639820

Likely campaigns reaching New Jersey

16% of New Jersey'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.

New Jersey complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by New Jersey 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 New Jersey

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

How the calls reached New Jersey

Prerecorded Voice
12,281
Live Voice
9,858
Abandoned Calls
6,033
Text Message
1,299
Autodialed Live Voice Call
163
Email
5
Wireless (cell phone)
14,703
Wired
11,324
Internet (VOIP)
3,626

Numbers New Jersey residents reported this month

The numbers New Jersey consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 8,046 reports in all, 1,082 of them this week; 76% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What New Jersey residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    3,361
  • Debt reduction
    2,208
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    747
  • Dropped call / no message
    544
  • No subject given
    509
  • Medical & prescriptions
    334
  • Energy, solar & utilities
    90
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    74

Numbers most reported to the FCC by New Jersey consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in New Jersey

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs 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.

New Jersey robocall FAQs

What are New Jersey robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, New Jersey residents filed 25,768 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 34% of complaints, and 76% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in New Jersey using local numbers?

Often. 25% of the calls New Jersey residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 36% showed a New Jersey area code of any kind; 25% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit New Jersey?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 11am and 2pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do New Jersey residents file?

New Jersey consumers have filed 29,672 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 24,315 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-05 to 2026-11-03. That is 3.0% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking New Jersey 13 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does New Jersey have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in New Jersey, accounting for 12,281 of the 29,672 complaints (41%). Live Voice is second with 9,858.

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.