Scam Calls from Area Code 276

Area code 276 covers southwestern Virginia, and the 579 complaints logged against its numbers between February and June 2026 tell a story of a code being actively exploited across a wide spread of numbers rather than concentrated in a few. The 271 distinct numbers generating those complaints signal that operators here are rotating through the prefix broadly, making the activity diffuse and harder for recipients to anticipate.

The leading complaint category by volume is dropped calls or no message, with 71 complaints, followed closely by impersonation of government agencies, businesses, or family members at 61 complaints. Debt-reduction pitches targeting credit cards, mortgages, and student loans account for 34 more complaints, and medical and prescription solicitations add another 28. Warranty and protection plan calls round out the picture with 5 complaints. Taken together, these categories suggest a code being used by multiple unrelated operations rather than a single campaign.

The numbers generating the most individual complaints are 276-272-9324 with 14 and 276-308-8299 with 11, the latter categorized as dropped calls or no message. Seven numbers each drew 7 or 6 complaints without a categorized complaint type attached: 276-276-5935 and 276-244-6787 at 7 each, and 276-582-6159, 276-378-8832, 276-928-7213, and 276-258-0542 each at 6.

FCC records show text messages dominating the contact method at 301 instances, well ahead of prerecorded calls at 36 and live calls at 23. Reported locations span Gate City, Richmond, Prince George, and Norfolk in Virginia, with activity also touching North Carolina and California, indicating that the 276 prefix is being used to reach targets well outside southwestern Virginia.

The ongoing status through June 2026 and the breadth of numbers in rotation point to a code that has become a working resource for multiple scam pipelines simultaneously. The text-message dominance is particularly notable, as it shifts the threat surface away from voice screening and toward inboxes where impersonation and debt pitches can be delivered with less friction and more precise targeting.