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Robocalls in Vermont

Vermont consumers have filed 1,879 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 1,706 different phone numbers between 2014-06-01 and 2026-10-14 — 0.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 48 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 67% on the 12 months before that.

1,879
FCC complaints
474
FTC DNC reports
156
FTC reports, last 30 days
#48
National rank (FCC)

What Vermont residents are reporting

474 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Vermont since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 24%. 69% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified21245%
  • Debt reduction11424%
  • Dropped call / no message449%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)337%
  • No subject given245%
  • Medical & prescriptions133%
  • Warranties & protection plans112%

When the calls come (as reported)

30% between 9am and 12pm; 90% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

164 complaints from Vermont in the last four weeks, down 2% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Vermont

24% of the calls Vermont residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 24% showed a Vermont area code of any kind. 23% 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 code11424%
  • Another Vermont area code00%
  • Toll-free number10723%
  • Out-of-state area code25553%

Area codes on the calls

  • 802 (Vermont)11224%
  • 833378%
  • 855163%
  • 888143%
  • 800123%
  • 866112%

Vermont 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 Vermont residents since Jul 24.

Map of Vermont counties coloured by area code: 802
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
802390112

Likely campaigns reaching Vermont

8% of Vermont'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.

Vermont complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Vermont 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 Vermont

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

How the calls reached Vermont

Prerecorded Voice
831
Live Voice
657
Text Message
206
Abandoned Calls
177
Autodialed Live Voice Call
7
Wired
816
Wireless (cell phone)
813
Internet (VOIP)
250

Numbers Vermont residents reported this month

The numbers Vermont consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 156 reports in all, 20 of them this week; 69% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Vermont residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    65
  • Debt reduction
    35
  • Dropped call / no message
    23
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    15
  • No subject given
    6
  • Warranties & protection plans
    5
  • Computer & tech support
    3
  • Energy, solar & utilities
    2

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Vermont consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Vermont

Vermont 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 Vermont, the Vermont Attorney General 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.

Vermont robocall FAQs

What are Vermont robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Vermont residents filed 474 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 24% of complaints, and 69% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Vermont using local numbers?

Often. 24% of the calls Vermont residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 24% showed a Vermont area code of any kind; 23% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Vermont?

30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 9am and 12pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Vermont residents file?

Vermont consumers have filed 1,879 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 1,706 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-06-01 to 2026-10-14. That is 0.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Vermont 48 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Vermont have its own Do Not Call list?

Vermont 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 Vermont 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 Vermont may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Vermont 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 Vermont?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Vermont, accounting for 831 of the 1,879 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 657.

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.