Robocalls in Rhode Island
Rhode Island consumers have filed 2,775 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,519 different phone numbers between 2014-06-04 and 2026-10-16 — 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 46 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 41% on the 12 months before that.
What Rhode Island residents are reporting
1,556 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Rhode Island since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 33%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.
Complaint subjects
- Other / unspecified52133%
- Debt reduction51633%
- Impostor (government, business, family)1278%
- No subject given1077%
- Dropped call / no message906%
- Home improvement & cleaning805%
- Medical & prescriptions403%
When the calls come (as reported)
30% between 11am and 2pm; 90% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.
Week by week
602 complaints from Rhode Island in the last four weeks, up 23% on the four weeks before.
Neighbor spoofing in Rhode Island
39% of the calls Rhode Island residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 37% showed a Rhode Island area code of any kind. 15% 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 code60939%
- Another Rhode Island area code00%
- Toll-free number23715%
- Out-of-state area code74848%
Area codes on the calls
- 401 (Rhode Island)57137%
- 855433%
- 888433%
- 866423%
- 833393%
- 877372%
Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island residents since Jul 24.
| Area code | Main city | Residents' complaints | Calls showing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Providence | 1,390 | 571 |
Likely campaigns reaching Rhode Island
10% of Rhode Island'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.
Rhode Island complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island
The displayed area code of numbers reported by Rhode Island consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
How the calls reached Rhode Island
- Prerecorded Voice
- 1,323
- Live Voice
- 912
- Abandoned Calls
- 347
- Text Message
- 149
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 37
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 1,310
- Wired
- 1,125
- Internet (VOIP)
- 338
Numbers Rhode Island residents reported this month
The numbers Rhode Island consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 591 reports in all, 77 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.
- (866) 771-5653Other / unspecified3 from RI2026-09-28
- (866) 771-4707Debt reduction3 from RI2026-09-27
- (866) 771-6839Other / unspecified3 from RI2026-09-26
- (775) 438-1723Impostor (government, business, family)2 from RI2026-10-12
- (855) 923-2678Medical & prescriptions2 from RI2026-10-12
- (877) 556-9255Other / unspecified2 from RI2026-09-28
- (866) 564-2262Other / unspecified1 from RI2026-10-20
- (844) 502-3240Debt reduction1 from RI2026-10-20
- (866) 771-7077No subject given1 from RI2026-10-17
- (855) 994-1781Debt reduction1 from RI2026-10-16
- (855) 713-3023Other / unspecified1 from RI2026-10-16
- (888) 912-1636Other / unspecified1 from RI2026-10-16
- (877) 578-4165Debt reduction1 from RI2026-10-15
- (855) 580-2839Debt reduction1 from RI2026-10-14
- (201) 340-8962Dropped call / no message1 from RI2026-10-14
- (877) 751-2634Other / unspecified1 from RI2026-10-13
- (888) 912-1903No subject given1 from RI2026-10-13
- (888) 269-4806Debt reduction1 from RI2026-10-13
What Rhode Island residents were called about this month
- Other / unspecified210
- Debt reduction209
- No subject given40
- Impostor (government, business, family)37
- Dropped call / no message34
- Medical & prescriptions26
- Home improvement & cleaning14
- Warranties & protection plans10
Numbers most reported to the FCC by Rhode Island consumers
Ranked by how many Rhode Island FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Rhode Island reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
Do Not Call protection in Rhode Island
Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, the Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island robocall FAQs
What are Rhode Island robocalls about right now?
Since 2026-07-24, Rhode Island residents filed 1,556 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 33% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.
Are spam calls in Rhode Island using local numbers?
Often. 39% of the calls Rhode Island residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 37% showed a Rhode Island area code of any kind; 15% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.
When do robocalls hit Rhode Island?
30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 11am and 2pm local time as reported.
How many robocall complaints do Rhode Island residents file?
Rhode Island consumers have filed 2,775 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,519 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-06-04 to 2026-10-16. That is 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Rhode Island 46 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does Rhode Island have its own Do Not Call list?
Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Rhode Island, accounting for 1,323 of the 2,775 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 912.
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.