Robocalls in Rhode Island
Rhode Island consumers have filed 2,730 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,478 different phone numbers between 2014-06-04 and 2026-07-23 — 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 46 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 2% on the 12 months before that.
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.
- 401RI936
- 800NANP AREA72
- 866NANP AREA65
- 855NANP AREA54
- 877NANP AREA41
- 202DC38
- 888NANP AREA37
- 844NANP AREA28
- 508MA27
- 201NJ26
- 860CT25
- 28923
How the calls reached Rhode Island
- Prerecorded Voice
- 1,299
- Live Voice
- 895
- Abandoned Calls
- 347
- Text Message
- 145
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 37
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 1,271
- Wired
- 1,121
- Internet (VOIP)
- 336
Numbers most reported by Rhode Island consumers
Ranked by how many Rhode Island 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.
- (401) 205-••••3 from RI · 2025-05-27
- (855) 830-••••2 from RI · 2026-02-16
- (401) 498-••••2 from RI · 2024-08-04
- (855) 705-••••2 from RI · 2024-03-29
- (401) 709-••••2 from RI · 2023-10-02
- (833) 648-••••2 from RI · 2022-09-18
- (401) 618-••••2 from RI · 2022-08-26
- (401) 234-••••2 from RI · 2022-07-01
- (781) 916-••••2 from RI · 2022-02-22
- (401) 597-••••2 from RI · 2021-11-24
- (401) 343-••••1 from RI · 2026-07-23
- (833) 351-••••1 from RI · 2026-07-21
- (401) 398-••••1 from RI · 2026-07-16
- (401) 859-••••1 from RI · 2026-07-16
- (401) 586-••••1 from RI · 2026-07-15
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.
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
How many robocall complaints do Rhode Island residents file?
Rhode Island consumers have filed 2,730 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,478 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-06-04 to 2026-07-23. 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 1,299 of the 2,730 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 895.
Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.