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Robocalls in South Dakota

South Dakota consumers have filed 1,639 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 1,549 different phone numbers between 2014-03-03 and 2026-10-22 — 0.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 50 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 1% on the 12 months before that.

1,639
FCC complaints
1,183
FTC DNC reports
319
FTC reports, last 30 days
#50
National rank (FCC)

What South Dakota residents are reporting

1,183 FTC Do Not Call complaints from South Dakota since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 27%. 76% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified38432%
  • Debt reduction32527%
  • No subject given17315%
  • Dropped call / no message1089%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1029%
  • Warranties & protection plans303%
  • Medical & prescriptions292%

When the calls come (as reported)

32% between 1pm and 4pm; 93% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

329 complaints from South Dakota in the last four weeks, down 20% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in South Dakota

25% of the calls South Dakota residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 22% showed a South Dakota area code of any kind. 28% 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 code29625%
  • Another South Dakota area code00%
  • Toll-free number33028%
  • Out-of-state area code58950%

Area codes on the calls

  • 605 (South Dakota)26422%
  • 833726%
  • 888666%
  • 877555%
  • 866534%
  • 855474%

South Dakota 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 Dakota residents since Jul 24.

Map of South Dakota counties coloured by area code: 605
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
6051,030264

Likely campaigns reaching South Dakota

8% of South Dakota'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 Dakota complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by South Dakota 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 Dakota

The displayed area code of numbers reported by South Dakota consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached South Dakota

Prerecorded Voice
725
Live Voice
608
Abandoned Calls
197
Text Message
95
Autodialed Live Voice Call
12
Wireless (cell phone)
1,021
Wired
459
Internet (VOIP)
159

Numbers South Dakota residents reported this month

The numbers South Dakota consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 319 reports in all, 19 of them this week; 76% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What South Dakota residents were called about this month

  • Debt reduction
    115
  • Other / unspecified
    96
  • No subject given
    39
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    32
  • Dropped call / no message
    20
  • Warranties & protection plans
    7
  • Medical & prescriptions
    5
  • Lotteries, prizes & sweepstakes
    2

Numbers most reported to the FCC by South Dakota consumers

Ranked by how many South Dakota FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in South Dakota reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Do Not Call protection in South Dakota

South Dakota formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

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 Dakota, the South Dakota Consumer Protection 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 Dakota robocall FAQs

What are South Dakota robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, South Dakota residents filed 1,183 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 27% of complaints, and 76% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in South Dakota using local numbers?

Often. 25% of the calls South Dakota residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 22% showed a South Dakota area code of any kind; 28% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit South Dakota?

32% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 1pm and 4pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do South Dakota residents file?

South Dakota consumers have filed 1,639 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 1,549 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-03-03 to 2026-10-22. That is 0.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking South Dakota 50 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does South Dakota have its own Do Not Call list?

South Dakota formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

Where do the calls reported in South Dakota 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 Dakota may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a South Dakota 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 Dakota?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in South Dakota, accounting for 725 of the 1,639 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 608.

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.