Scam Calls from Area Code 801

Area code 801 covers northern Utah, anchored in Salt Lake City and extending through Ogden, Lehi, and Saratoga Springs, yet its 1,432 complaints across 560 numbers show reach well beyond state lines, with reports also filed from California and Florida. Activity has been continuous since February 2026, with complaints still coming in as of June 2026. Among Utah's 51 area codes, 801 ranks 22nd by complaint volume, a mid-tier position that still represents a meaningful concentration of scam-call pressure for the region.

The single largest complaint category is dropped calls or no message, with 190 complaints, a signature of robocall campaigns that dial at high volume and abandon connections before delivery. Close behind, impersonation-style calls — those pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or family members — account for 170 complaints, making them the most substantively harmful category in the code. Debt-reduction pitches targeting credit cards, mortgages, and student loans follow at 113 complaints, with medical and prescription-related calls adding another 84.

The top individual number, 801-365-5601, drew 36 complaints and has no assigned category in the complaint data. The second-most-reported number, 801-396-5274, collected 27 complaints and falls into the impersonation category. Numbers 801-438-8316 and 801-348-5863 generated 18 and 14 complaints respectively, also without categorized scam types. Two numbers, 801-619-2557 and 801-619-2558, each produced 12 complaints — sequential digits that point to a coordinated dialing operation running adjacent numbers out of the same campaign.

Of 23 FCC records tied to this code, 180 contacts were made via prerecorded message and 101 through live callers, with 29 classified as abandoned calls. That prerecorded-to-live ratio suggests the dominant delivery method is automated, consistent with the high dropped-call volume and the sequential number pairing. The combination of impersonation complaints, aggressive debt-reduction pitches, and coordinated robocall infrastructure signals that 801 is being used as active campaign territory, not incidental spoofing.