Robocalls in Rhode Island

Rhode Island consumers have filed 2,749 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,497 different phone numbers between 2014-06-04 and 2026-09-03 — 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 46 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 12% on the 12 months before that.

2,749

FCC complaints

590

FTC DNC reports

398

FTC reports, last 30 days

#46

National rank (FCC)

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: 1,306
Live Voice: 905
Abandoned Calls: 347
Text Message: 147
Autodialed Live Voice Call: 37

Wireless (cell phone): 1,286
Wired: 1,124
Internet (VOIP): 337

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 — 398 reports in all, 55 of them this week; 66% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Rhode Island residents were called about this month

Debt reduction
120
Other / unspecified
112
Impostor (government, business, family)
42
No subject given
38
Dropped call / no message
28
Home improvement & cleaning
19
Energy, solar & utilities
11
Medical & prescriptions
11

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.

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 2,749 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,497 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-06-04 to 2026-09-03. 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?

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 1,306 of the 2,749 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 905.

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.