Scam Calls from Area Code 302

Area code 302 is Delaware's sole area code, which makes its 1,637 complaints across 679 numbers a meaningful signal: every flagged call in this dataset wearing a 302 prefix traces back to the same small state's numbering pool. Among the 44 geographic area codes ranked alongside it, 302 sits 15th by complaint volume, a position that reflects genuine activity rather than the noise typical of larger metro codes.

The single most complained-about number in the dataset is 302-927-3338, which drew 216 complaints on its own — more than 13 percent of the code's entire complaint total. No category is attached to it in the data, but its volume alone sets it apart from every other number here. The next two highest-volume numbers, 302-594-8200 with 35 complaints and 302-209-9575 with 18, are similarly uncategorized, suggesting a pattern of calls that reporters struggled to classify or that were too brief to identify.

Where categories are available, debt reduction dominates. The 229 complaints filed under "Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)" make it the leading identified scam type for the code, and 302-300-3664 accounts for 15 of those complaints directly. Impersonation calls — "Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends" — generated 163 complaints, with 302-406-8067 responsible for 13 of them. Medical and prescription pitches added 28 complaints and warranty or protection-plan calls another 15.

Delivery method leans heavily on prerecorded audio. FCC records show 403 prerecorded calls logged against only 91 live ones, with 2 classified as abandoned. That ratio points to high-throughput robocall infrastructure rather than boiler-room operations, consistent with the 247 dropped-call or no-message complaints, which often indicate auto-dialers that outpace their own operators. Reported locations span Wilmington, Dover, and Middletown in Delaware, Columbus in New Jersey, and El Granada in California, indicating that 302 numbers are being used to reach consumers well outside the state.

Activity runs from February 2026 through at least June 2026 with no sign of tapering. The concentration of complaint weight in a handful of numbers — especially 302-927-3338's outsized count — suggests organized, recurring campaigns rather than scattered one-off spoofing. The ongoing recency combined with robocall-dominant delivery and cross-state reach points to an operation that has found the 302 prefix useful as cover and shows no indication of winding down.