Scam Calls from Area Code 346

Area code 346 is one of Houston's overlay codes, and its complaint footprint reflects that metro's scale. Across 486 distinct numbers, the code has accumulated 1,072 total complaints since February 2026, with activity ongoing through June 2026. Reported locations cluster tightly around the Houston corridor — Spring, The Woodlands, Richardson, and San Antonio also appear — though complaints have surfaced in California and Florida as well, suggesting spoofed use of the 346 prefix beyond Texas itself.

The leading complaint categories by volume are dropped calls or no-message contacts at 143, debt-reduction pitches at 138, and impersonation calls at 131. That impersonation figure is notable: 346-278-5124 alone draws 26 complaints in that category, the single highest individual number in the dataset. Medical and prescription solicitations account for another 62 complaints, and computer and technical support scams add 24 more. FCC records for the code show nine prerecorded contacts against four live ones, consistent with the high dropped-call count pointing to automated dialing operations probing for live recipients.

Seven of the eight most-complained-about numbers carry no categorized complaint type despite collectively accounting for 66 complaints. Numbers 346-347-7233 with 12 complaints, 346-802-2504 with 11, and 346-517-5261, 346-336-9266, and 346-396-8301 each at 10 represent an uncharacterized layer of activity that sits beneath the visible scam-type tallies. The pattern of multiple high-volume uncategorized numbers operating alongside known impersonation and debt lines is consistent with a dialing infrastructure rotating numbers faster than complaint classification can track them.

At rank 25 out of 44 area codes in its sibling group, 346 sits in the middle tier of its peer set, but the concentration of volume across nearly 500 numbers in a four-month window points to sustained, organized outreach rather than scattered individual actors. The combination of impersonation calls, medical solicitations, and a large bloc of uncharacterized high-complaint numbers makes this code a persistent regional threat with national spoofing potential.