Scam Calls from Area Code 570

Area code 570 covers northeastern Pennsylvania, with reported call activity concentrated in communities including Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale, Pittston, Sunbury, and Bloomsburg, though complaints also reached receivers in New York and Florida. The code generated 1,632 total complaints across 690 distinct numbers between February and June 2026, and activity is ongoing. Among Pennsylvania area codes tracked in this dataset, 570 ranks 12th out of 39, placing it in the upper third of the state for scam-call volume.

The single most striking number in the code is 570-419-2289, which alone drew 86 complaints under the impersonation category — calls pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or family members. That figure is roughly six times the complaint count of any other individual number in the code. The next highest impersonation number, 570-352-6663, logged 10 complaints, suggesting 570-419-2289 is operating at a distinctly elevated intensity relative to its peers.

Dropped calls and silent hang-ups led all categories with 256 complaints, a pattern that often signals robocall systems probing for live lines. Two numbers drove notable volume within that category: 570-276-9408 with 13 complaints and 570-309-6049 with 10. The impersonation category followed with 203 complaints. Medical and prescription scams ranked third at 132 complaints, with 570-559-0425 accounting for 6 of those. Debt-reduction pitches covering credit cards, mortgages, and student loans added 123 more complaints, and energy and solar solicitations contributed 27.

Three numbers in the top eight — 570-451-0622 at 9 complaints, 570-514-6195 at 7, and 570-240-8514 at 6 — carry no recorded category, meaning their specific approach remains uncharacterized despite generating repeated complaints across the same months the broader code was active.

The overall threat picture for 570 is one of sustained, multi-vector pressure on a geographically defined set of northeastern Pennsylvania communities. The dominance of live calls in FCC records (91 percent of mode-coded contacts) rather than abandoned robocalls points toward operations that prioritize direct engagement, and the impersonation totals in particular suggest callers are investing in scripts designed to establish false trust rather than simply blasting automated messages.