Scam Calls from Area Code 251

Area code 251 covers the southwestern Alabama coast, with reported complaint locations concentrated in Mobile, Foley, Fairhope, Theodore, and Saraland. The code has generated 833 total complaints across 357 numbers since February 2026, and activity remains ongoing as of June 2026. Among the 44 Alabama-assigned area codes tracked, 251 ranks 33rd in complaint volume, placing it in the lower half regionally, though the absolute number of flagged lines is not trivial.

The single largest complaint category is dropped calls or no message, with 141 complaints, suggesting a substantial portion of the traffic involves robocall systems that hang up or fail to deliver audio. Debt-reduction pitches are the most clearly defined scam type, drawing 120 complaints and appearing across multiple specific numbers. Medical and prescription solicitations account for 52 complaints, and impersonation calls — targeting people with fraudulent government, business, or personal-contact pretexts — account for 51 more. Warranty and protection plan pitches round out the named categories at 22 complaints.

Among individual numbers, 251-240-6660 leads with 19 complaints, followed by 251-289-9052 at 16 complaints, which is tied to warranty and protection plan calls. Debt-reduction traffic is distributed across at least two numbers: 251-766-2195 with 12 complaints and 251-370-4267 with 9. Numbers 251-349-0149, 251-207-3458, and 251-448-7074 each carry 8 to 10 complaints without a dominant categorized theme.

FCC records are thin at 5 filings, but the call-mode breakdown from those records skews toward prerecorded delivery at 49 instances versus 35 live, consistent with automated dialing campaigns rather than live boiler-room operations. No specific companies or brands have been flagged through impersonation reports in this data set.

The threat profile for 251 is one of persistent, diffuse robocall pressure concentrated in coastal Alabama communities, with debt solicitation as the primary identifiable vector and a meaningful undercurrent of impersonation and medical pitches. The spread across 357 distinct numbers with no single dominant line suggests rotation tactics designed to stay below per-number detection thresholds, which points to organized campaign infrastructure rather than opportunistic individual dialing.