Scam Calls from Area Code 440

Debt-reduction solicitations define area code 440, an Ohio geographic code covering communities including Parma, Cleveland, and Madison. That single category accounts for 683 of the code's categorized complaints, dwarfing every other scam type tracked here. Two numbers tied directly to it — 440-527-9613 and 440-527-9509 — drew 14 and 13 complaints respectively, and the broader 440-527 prefix appears repeatedly across the top-number list, suggesting a concentrated dialing operation rather than scattered spoofing.

The code has generated 2,330 total complaints across 808 numbers since February 2026, and activity is ongoing as of June 2026. Its rank of 41st out of 358 area codes is notable on its own, but its sibling rank of 6th out of 39 Ohio-region codes makes the concentration sharper: 440 is among the most complaint-heavy Ohio codes in the dataset.

Impersonation calls add a secondary layer, with 188 complaints filed under calls pretending to be government entities, businesses, or family members. Medical and prescription solicitations account for 103 complaints; 440-332-2745 is the standout number in that category with 13 complaints. Home improvement and cleaning pitches trail at 24 complaints.

Four of the eight most-complained numbers — 440-527-9531 (18 complaints), 440-839-4659 (17), 440-527-9565 (14), and 440-280-2094 and 440-254-2716 (13 each) — carry no assigned category, meaning their complaint volume is documented but their pitch type is unclassified. Together those four numbers account for 55 complaints, a meaningful share of activity that falls outside any tracked scam bucket.

The delivery profile reinforces an automated-campaign reading: FCC records show 441 prerecorded-message designations against 200 live-call designations, with text messages essentially absent. The clustering of the 440-527 prefix, the dominance of debt solicitations, and the volume of uncategorized calls from the same code point to a persistent, script-driven operation that has not wound down.