Scam Calls from Area Code 317

Area code 317, covering Indianapolis and surrounding Hamilton County suburbs including Noblesville, Fishers, and Westfield, has generated 1,687 complaints across 674 distinct numbers since February 2026, with activity still ongoing as of June 2026. Among the 44 Indiana-assigned area codes tracked, 317 ranks 12th in complaint volume, a position that reflects steady pressure rather than an acute spike, but the breadth of active numbers and the variety of scam types running simultaneously make it a code worth watching closely.

The leading complaint category by raw count is dropped calls or no-message contacts at 236, driven in part by 317-220-6545, which accounts for 17 complaints in that bucket alone. Impersonation calls — government, business, or family — follow closely with 222 complaints, and 317-279-4101 is the most active single number in that category with 19 complaints. Medical and prescription solicitations add another 196 complaints, making the top three categories account for well over half of total volume.

Debt-reduction pitches targeting credit cards, mortgages, and student loans have produced 147 complaints, with two numbers leading that segment: 317-455-4600 at 22 complaints and 317-207-6879 at 14. Vacation and timeshare fraud, while the smallest named category at 49 complaints, is concentrated sharply in a single number — 317-805-9522, with 34 complaints, the highest individual count in the dataset and nearly 70 percent of the entire timeshare category on its own.

Three numbers — 317-449-8374 and 317-314-7950 at 17 and 15 complaints respectively, and 317-342-2323 at 15 — carry no category assignment but collectively represent 47 complaints, suggesting either novel pitch scripts or deliberate evasion of standard classification patterns. FCC records show 14 formal filings against 317 numbers, with prerecorded delivery dominating at 126 instances versus 40 live calls, indicating that robocall infrastructure is the primary delivery mechanism across the code.

The threat profile here is one of diversification. No single scam type is overwhelming the code, but impersonation, medical solicitation, and debt pitches are all running at scale simultaneously, and the timeshare concentration in one number suggests an operation willing to absorb complaints without rotating off the number. The cross-state complaint pattern — reaching California and Florida alongside Indiana — points to a spoofing or call-routing operation using 317 numbers for geographic credibility while targeting consumers well outside the region.