Scam Calls from Area Code 602

Area code 602, covering Phoenix and its surrounding communities including Glendale, Scottsdale, Mesa, and Peoria, has accumulated 1,904 complaints across 772 distinct numbers since February 2026, with activity still ongoing as of June 2026. Among Arizona area codes it ranks 8th out of 43, placing it firmly in the upper tier of in-state complaint volume. Complaints have also been logged from California and Texas, meaning numbers operating out of this Phoenix-anchored code are reaching well beyond Arizona's borders.

The single most active number in the code, 602-689-0433, has drawn 74 complaints, all tied to debt-reduction solicitations covering credit cards, mortgages, and student loans. That category leads the entire code with 272 complaints, followed closely by 249 complaints in the impersonation category — calls pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or personal contacts. Medical and prescription scams account for 185 complaints and show a notably concentrated pattern: four numbers — 602-317-1629 and 602-857-9564 with 18 and 17 complaints respectively, plus 602-262-3291 and 602-313-2151 with 13 and 11 — are each individually flagged in that category, suggesting coordinated or related operations running medical pitches from multiple lines simultaneously.

Two numbers, 602-935-7174 with 24 complaints and 602-240-2217 with 18, sit among the code's most-complained-about lines without a categorized scam type attached to either. A third, 602-834-0886, carries 14 complaints in the same position. Together these three numbers represent a meaningful slice of unresolved complaint volume that cannot be attributed to any known campaign in the data.

Of the 13 FCC records tied to this code, the breakdown skews heavily toward live callers — 92 instances — versus 61 prerecorded messages and just one abandoned call. That live-call dominance is consistent with the debt-reduction and impersonation categories, both of which tend to rely on real-time persuasion rather than automated drops. The 220 dropped-call or no-message complaints add a separate layer of probing activity that often precedes higher-intensity contact.

The threat picture for 602 is one of layered, active pressure across financially sensitive categories. The debt and impersonation categories together account for more than a quarter of all complaints, and the medical cluster is running through at least four distinct numbers in apparent parallel. With the code still generating complaints and live-agent calls dominating the FCC record, the operational intensity here shows no sign of tapering.