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Robocalls in South Carolina

South Carolina consumers have filed 12,251 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 11,312 different phone numbers between 2014-08-01 and 2026-11-03 — 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 26 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 22% on the 12 months before that.

12,251
FCC complaints
11,336
FTC DNC reports
3,023
FTC reports, last 30 days
#26
National rank (FCC)

What South Carolina residents are reporting

11,336 FTC Do Not Call complaints from South Carolina since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 28%. 76% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified3,97435%
  • Debt reduction3,14728%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,62714%
  • Medical & prescriptions8157%
  • Dropped call / no message6396%
  • No subject given5275%
  • Warranties & protection plans1822%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 11am and 2pm; 92% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

3,072 complaints from South Carolina in the last four weeks, down 1% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in South Carolina

38% of the calls South Carolina residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 40% showed a South Carolina 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 code4,32038%
  • Another South Carolina area code1602%
  • Toll-free number1,73715%
  • Out-of-state area code5,11945%

Area codes on the calls

  • 803 (South Carolina)1,61314%
  • 864 (South Carolina)1,58414%
  • 843 (South Carolina)1,0659%
  • 8334764%
  • 8663163%
  • 8552632%

South Carolina 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 South Carolina residents since Jul 24.

Map of South Carolina counties coloured by area code: 803/839, 843/854, 821/864
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
821 · 8643,1431,595
803 · 8393,1141,696
843 · 8542,5231,189

Likely campaigns reaching South Carolina

9% of South Carolina'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.

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.

How the calls reached South Carolina

Prerecorded Voice
5,368
Live Voice
4,555
Abandoned Calls
1,325
Text Message
905
Autodialed Live Voice Call
69
Email
1
Wireless (cell phone)
7,179
Wired
3,279
Internet (VOIP)
1,784

Numbers South Carolina residents reported this month

The numbers South Carolina consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 3,023 reports in all, 476 of them this week; 76% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What South Carolina residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    1,174
  • Debt reduction
    873
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    380
  • Medical & prescriptions
    185
  • Dropped call / no message
    158
  • No subject given
    106
  • Warranties & protection plans
    56
  • Vacation & timeshares
    20

Numbers most reported to the FCC by South Carolina consumers

Ranked by how many South Carolina FCC 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.

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. In South Carolina, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs 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.

South Carolina robocall FAQs

What are South Carolina robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, South Carolina residents filed 11,336 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 28% of complaints, and 76% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in South Carolina using local numbers?

Often. 38% of the calls South Carolina residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 40% showed a South Carolina 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 South Carolina?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 11am and 2pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do South Carolina residents file?

South Carolina consumers have filed 12,251 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 11,312 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-08-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking South Carolina 26 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 5,368 of the 12,251 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 4,555.

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.