Robocalls in South Carolina
South Carolina consumers have filed 11,918 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,988 different phone numbers between 2014-08-01 and 2026-07-24 — 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 27 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 2% on the 12 months before that.
South Carolina complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by South Carolina 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 South Carolina
The displayed area code of numbers reported by South Carolina consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
- 803SC1,604
- 843SC1,527
- 864SC1,135
- 800NANP AREA269
- 202DC223
- 844NANP AREA160
- 866NANP AREA158
- 888NANP AREA154
- 855NANP AREA132
- 877NANP AREA125
- 704NC119
- 833NANP AREA94
How the calls reached South Carolina
- Prerecorded Voice
- 5,234
- Live Voice
- 4,477
- Abandoned Calls
- 1,325
- Text Message
- 784
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 69
- 1
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 6,854
- Wired
- 3,275
- Internet (VOIP)
- 1,780
Numbers most reported by South Carolina consumers
Ranked by how many South Carolina complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in South Carolina reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
- (636) 489-••••4 from SC · 2025-06-05
- (803) 943-••••4 from SC · 2023-03-24
- (864) 438-••••4 from SC · 2022-08-30
- (800) 869-••••3 from SC · 2026-04-07
- (469) 298-••••3 from SC · 2026-03-03
- (540) 699-••••3 from SC · 2026-02-09
- (888) 469-••••3 from SC · 2025-12-03
- (866) 781-••••3 from SC · 2025-09-08
- (864) 712-••••3 from SC · 2024-02-21
- (843) 256-••••3 from SC · 2023-04-20
- (843) 823-••••3 from SC · 2023-04-05
- (704) 499-••••3 from SC · 2022-05-24
- (843) 416-••••3 from SC · 2022-05-10
- (855) 343-••••2 from SC · 2026-05-27
- (803) 261-••••2 from SC · 2026-03-11
Do Not Call protection in South Carolina
South Carolina 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.
South Carolina robocall FAQs
How many robocall complaints do South Carolina residents file?
South Carolina consumers have filed 11,918 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,988 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-08-01 to 2026-07-24. That is 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking South Carolina 27 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does South Carolina have its own Do Not Call list?
South Carolina 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a South Carolina 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 South Carolina?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in South Carolina, accounting for 5,234 of the 11,918 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 4,477.
Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.