Scam Calls from Area Code 816

Area code 816, assigned to the Kansas City, Missouri region and extending into suburbs such as Lenexa, Kansas, Liberty, Blue Springs, and Parkville, has generated 1,163 complaints across 512 distinct numbers since February 2026, with activity still ongoing as of June 2026. Among Missouri area codes tracked in this dataset, 816 ranks 30th out of 51, placing it in the upper half of in-state complaint volume without reaching the most congested tiers.

The dominant complaint category by a wide margin is medical and prescriptions, which accounts for 163 of the categorized complaints. That figure substantially outpaces the next largest category, dropped calls or no message, at 92 complaints. Impersonation of government agencies, businesses, or family members follows at 75 complaints, and debt-reduction pitches targeting credit cards, mortgages, and student loans add another 54. Energy, solar, and utilities solicitations round out the known categories at 18 complaints.

The most-complained-about number in the code, 816-357-4151, has drawn 19 complaints with no assigned category on record. The next two highest-volume numbers, 816-477-0637 and 816-357-4100, account for 11 and 9 complaints respectively and both fall into the dropped-call category, suggesting automated dialing systems that either abandon calls or probe line status. Numbers 816-678-0713, 816-667-8730, 816-897-6980, 816-253-6349, and 816-300-3394 each carry between 6 and 9 complaints with no category attached.

FCC records for the code number 10, and of the call modes on file, live-agent calls dominate at 117 instances versus 24 prerecorded, which distinguishes 816 from codes that rely primarily on robocall blasts. That proportion suggests organized call-center infrastructure rather than automated mass-dial campaigns as the primary delivery mechanism.

The threat picture here is one of sustained, broad-spectrum solicitation anchored in a major Midwestern metro. The concentration of medical and prescription complaints alongside active impersonation volume points to caller operations comfortable working multiple fraud verticals simultaneously out of or spoofing a single geographic footprint, and the cluster of high-complaint numbers without clear categorization indicates activity that has not yet been fully characterized by reporters, leaving the true scope likely larger than the complaint counts alone reflect.