Scam Calls from Area Code 380

Debt-reduction solicitations define area code 380, accounting for 243 of the code's categorized complaints and dwarfing every other scam type reported here. The calls pitch credit card, mortgage, and student loan relief to recipients across Ohio, California, and Georgia, with Columbus, Worthington, Springfield, Carlisle, and Cincinnati all appearing as reported locations. Three numbers alone — 380-225-8706, 380-225-8699, and 380-225-8661, each drawing 11 complaints — are confirmed in that debt-relief category, and 380-225-8615 adds another 9. The volume and tight numeric clustering of these numbers suggests a single operation cycling through a sequential block of 380-225-8xxx lines.

The two highest-complaint numbers in the entire code, 380-225-8619 (15 complaints) and 380-225-8584 (13 complaints), carry no category tag but sit squarely inside the same 380-225-85xx and 380-225-86xx ranges as the confirmed debt calls. Their complaint counts place them at the top of this code's activity, and their numeric proximity to the categorized lines makes independent operation unlikely.

Impersonation calls — callers pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or family members — add 61 complaints, a secondary but meaningful thread. Dropped calls and silent connections account for another 63 complaints, a pattern consistent with autodialer campaigns testing live numbers before routing them to agents. Medical and prescription pitches (13 complaints) and vacation or timeshare offers (6 complaints) round out the picture at low volume.

FCC records show 263 prerecorded contacts against 200 live ones across 15 FCC filings, meaning robocall delivery is the dominant method but live agents are also active — a two-stage funnel typical of debt-relief mills that screen with a recording and connect interested parties to a closer. The code spans 247 distinct numbers generating 759 total complaints since February 2026, with activity still ongoing as of June 2026.

The tight sequential numbering across the top complaint generators points to a single provider or spoofing cluster working through the 380-225 exchange systematically. With the debt-relief category already at 243 complaints and multiple high-volume numbers still unclassified, the true scale of that operation is almost certainly larger than the categorized count reflects.