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Robocalls in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania consumers have filed 37,705 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 32,275 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-11-03 — 3.8% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 6 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 12% on the 12 months before that.

37,705
FCC complaints
31,483
FTC DNC reports
8,621
FTC reports, last 30 days
#6
National rank (FCC)

What Pennsylvania residents are reporting

31,483 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Pennsylvania since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 21%. 74% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified12,49440%
  • Debt reduction6,71521%
  • No subject given2,9549%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)2,7069%
  • Dropped call / no message2,4968%
  • Medical & prescriptions2,2467%
  • Home improvement & cleaning5262%

When the calls come (as reported)

32% between 10am and 1pm; 92% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

8,719 complaints from Pennsylvania in the last four weeks, down 3% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Pennsylvania

45% of the calls Pennsylvania residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 55% showed a Pennsylvania area code of any kind. 12% 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 code14,18945%
  • Another Pennsylvania area code3,03810%
  • Toll-free number3,85412%
  • Out-of-state area code10,40233%

Area codes on the calls

  • 610 (Pennsylvania)2,9179%
  • 570 (Pennsylvania)2,3638%
  • 717 (Pennsylvania)2,1577%
  • 412 (Pennsylvania)1,8106%
  • 724 (Pennsylvania)1,7516%
  • 215 (Pennsylvania)1,6625%

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania residents since Jul 24.

Map of Pennsylvania counties coloured by area code: 272/570, 582/814, 223/717, 412/724/878, 484/610/835, 215/267/445
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
484 · 610 · 8356,7803,923
412 · 724 · 8786,5333,699
215 · 267 · 4455,2882,932
223 · 7174,0182,439
272 · 5704,0022,576
582 · 8142,7451,658

Likely campaigns reaching Pennsylvania

8% of Pennsylvania'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.

Pennsylvania complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

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

How the calls reached Pennsylvania

Prerecorded Voice
16,962
Live Voice
12,269
Abandoned Calls
5,830
Text Message
2,341
Autodialed Live Voice Call
236
Email
4
Wireless (cell phone)
18,698
Wired
13,401
Internet (VOIP)
5,572

Numbers Pennsylvania residents reported this month

The numbers Pennsylvania consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 8,621 reports in all, 1,273 of them this week; 74% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Pennsylvania residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    3,120
  • Debt reduction
    2,111
  • No subject given
    806
  • Dropped call / no message
    798
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    722
  • Medical & prescriptions
    535
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    148
  • Warranties & protection plans
    129

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Pennsylvania consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Pennsylvania 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.

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 Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania robocall FAQs

What are Pennsylvania robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Pennsylvania residents filed 31,483 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 21% of complaints, and 74% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Pennsylvania using local numbers?

Often. 45% of the calls Pennsylvania residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 55% showed a Pennsylvania area code of any kind; 12% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Pennsylvania?

32% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 10am and 1pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Pennsylvania residents file?

Pennsylvania consumers have filed 37,705 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 32,275 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 3.8% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Pennsylvania 6 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Pennsylvania have its own Do Not Call list?

Pennsylvania is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Pennsylvania, accounting for 16,962 of the 37,705 complaints (45%). Live Voice is second with 12,269.

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.