Scam Calls from Area Code 272

Area code 272 is a Pennsylvania geographic code covering a corridor of communities from Pittsburgh east through Scranton-area towns including South Abington Township, Old Forge, Cresco, and Myerstown, yet its complaint footprint has spread into Florida and New Mexico. Since first appearing in February 2026, the code has accumulated 272 total complaints across 119 numbers, with activity still ongoing as of June 2026.

Debt-reduction pitches dominate the complaint picture by a wide margin, accounting for 62 of the categorized complaints. The leading single number, 272-374-1033, drew 15 complaints, all in that debt category, making it the most-complained-about line in the code. Impersonation calls — pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or personal contacts — account for another 32 complaints, and energy, solar, and utilities solicitations add 16 more. Medical and prescription-related calls round out the named categories at 4 complaints.

Several of the busiest numbers in the code carry no category designation. 272-203-0064 generated 12 complaints on its own, 272-201-6468 drew 6, and three additional numbers — 272-204-5688, 272-237-0845, and 272-304-9997 — each drew 4 or 5. Together those five uncategorized lines account for 31 complaints, a volume comparable to the entire impersonation bucket.

At rank 321 out of 358 area codes overall, 272 is not a high-volume code nationally, but among Pennsylvania geographic codes it sits 42nd out of 44, placing it near the bottom of its peer group. The FCC holds only 3 formal records for the code, though prerecorded-message delivery was logged 24 times in those filings, suggesting robocall infrastructure rather than live agents behind a meaningful share of the traffic.

The threat profile that emerges is a relatively young code, active for only four months, running automated debt and impersonation pitches out of small northeastern Pennsylvania communities while reaching consumers across two other states. The combination of rapid multi-state spread, a high proportion of uncategorized complaint volume, and continued recency suggests the code's operators are still building out their number inventory, and total complaint counts should be expected to grow.