Scam Calls from Area Code 713

Area code 713, anchored in Houston and its surrounding suburbs including Pearland, Cypress, and Katy, has generated 1,385 complaints across 521 distinct numbers since February 2026, with activity running continuously through June. Among the 47 Texas area codes tracked, 713 ranks 17th by complaint volume, placing it in the upper third of the state's most-complained-about codes and signaling a meaningful concentration of unwanted call traffic out of the Houston metro.

The single largest complaint category is dropped calls or no message, with 214 complaints, suggesting systematic robocall probing or abandoned predictive-dialer campaigns. Medical and prescription solicitations follow closely at 130 complaints, and impersonation calls pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or family members account for 128 more. Debt-reduction pitches tied to credit cards, mortgages, and student loans add 44 complaints, while home improvement and cleaning solicitations contribute 20.

The busiest individual numbers tell a focused story. 713-332-2838 leads with 75 complaints and 713-516-1750 follows with 68, both drawing enough volume to rank among the code's most disruptive lines. 713-234-5021 generated 52 complaints and is specifically tied to dropped-call behavior. 713-234-4800 and 713-575-7178 account for 33 and 22 complaints respectively, while 713-234-4900 and 713-832-6512 each add to the tally — the latter linked directly to impersonation activity with 13 complaints. 713-231-5418 rounds out the top eight with 10 complaints.

FCC records across the code show 159 live-agent calls and 144 prerecorded calls, indicating that human-operated calling is slightly more prevalent than automated delivery — a pattern consistent with the high share of impersonation complaints, where live interaction is operationally necessary to sustain the deception. The clustering of multiple 713-234-xxxx numbers in the top complaint list points to sequential number blocks being worked in coordinated fashion, a hallmark of call center operations rather than isolated individual spoofing. With the code still active as of June 2026 and impersonation volume running neck-and-neck with medical solicitations, the threat profile here is broad and layered rather than dominated by a single scam type.