Scam Calls from Area Code 678

Area code 678, a Georgia geographic code associated with Atlanta and its suburbs including Cumming, Marietta, and Jonesboro, has generated 1,689 complaints across 634 distinct numbers since February 2026, with activity ongoing through June 2026. Among the 43 Georgia-area codes tracked, it ranks 11th by complaint volume, placing it in the upper quarter of regional peers and signaling a concentrated and sustained pattern of unwanted call traffic.

Impersonation calls lead the complaint categories at 217, followed closely by medical and prescription solicitations at 196. Dropped calls with no message account for 175 complaints, suggesting a significant robocall infrastructure operating underneath the visible scam categories. Debt-reduction pitches targeting credit cards, mortgages, and student loans add another 134 complaints, and home improvement and cleaning solicitations round out the picture at 27.

Two numbers tie for the highest individual complaint count at 48 each. 678-499-7728 draws its complaints from debt-reduction calls, while 678-743-3240 has accumulated the same volume with 48 complaints against it. 678-606-6336 has 31 complaints tied to impersonation calls, and 678-498-2706 carries 21 complaints. Three additional numbers, 678-967-0149, 678-379-7285, and 678-378-5285, each account for 15 to 16 complaints without a categorized subject on record.

Of the 279 FCC-logged call mode records, 177 were prerecorded messages and 83 were live-agent calls, a ratio that points to coordinated campaign infrastructure rather than isolated individual callers. Seventeen text messages and two abandoned-call records also appear, indicating operators willing to use multiple contact channels from the same number pool.

The breadth of active numbers combined with the impersonation and medical-solicitation volumes suggests 678 is being used as a spoofing-friendly local prefix to establish apparent Georgia-area credibility with targets across Georgia, Florida, and California. With complaints still arriving as of June 2026 and multiple high-volume numbers showing no sign of deactivation, the prefix represents an active and geographically diffuse threat rather than a contained incident.