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Robocalls in Wisconsin

Wisconsin consumers have filed 14,900 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 13,438 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-11-03 — 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 21 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 11% on the 12 months before that.

14,900
FCC complaints
12,932
FTC DNC reports
3,209
FTC reports, last 30 days
#21
National rank (FCC)

What Wisconsin residents are reporting

12,932 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Wisconsin since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 23%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified5,27241%
  • Debt reduction2,94523%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,45911%
  • Medical & prescriptions1,0188%
  • Dropped call / no message9998%
  • No subject given7536%
  • Warranties & protection plans1401%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 9am and 12pm; 94% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

3,225 complaints from Wisconsin in the last four weeks, down 15% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Wisconsin

47% of the calls Wisconsin residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 52% showed a Wisconsin area code of any kind. 21% came from toll-free numbers. Robocallers display a local-looking number because people are more likely to answer one; the number on screen usually has nothing to do with who is calling. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code6,04547%
  • Another Wisconsin area code7355%
  • Toll-free number2,65421%
  • Out-of-state area code3,49827%

Area codes on the calls

  • 715 (Wisconsin)1,75314%
  • 608 (Wisconsin)1,53012%
  • 920 (Wisconsin)1,33110%
  • 262 (Wisconsin)1,1849%
  • 414 (Wisconsin)8477%
  • 8335744%

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin residents since Jul 24.

Map of Wisconsin counties coloured by area code: 534/715, 353/608, 274/920, 262, 414
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
534 · 7153,0361,835
353 · 6082,8791,564
274 · 9202,3101,350
2621,9811,184
4141,746847

Likely campaigns reaching Wisconsin

11% of Wisconsin'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.

Wisconsin complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin

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

How the calls reached Wisconsin

Prerecorded Voice
7,125
Live Voice
4,502
Abandoned Calls
2,185
Text Message
990
Autodialed Live Voice Call
85
Email
3
Wireless (cell phone)
9,070
Wired
4,021
Internet (VOIP)
1,808

Numbers Wisconsin residents reported this month

The numbers Wisconsin consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 3,209 reports in all, 519 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Wisconsin residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    1,452
  • Debt reduction
    715
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    331
  • Dropped call / no message
    245
  • Medical & prescriptions
    210
  • No subject given
    132
  • Warranties & protection plans
    26
  • Vacation & timeshares
    24

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Wisconsin consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Wisconsin

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and 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.

Wisconsin robocall FAQs

What are Wisconsin robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Wisconsin residents filed 12,932 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 23% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Wisconsin using local numbers?

Often. 47% of the calls Wisconsin residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 52% showed a Wisconsin area code of any kind; 21% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Wisconsin?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 9am and 12pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Wisconsin residents file?

Wisconsin consumers have filed 14,900 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 13,438 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Wisconsin 21 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Wisconsin have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Wisconsin, accounting for 7,125 of the 14,900 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 4,502.

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.