Scam Calls from Area Code 830

Debt-reduction pitches define the 830 scam landscape. Of 1,025 total complaints logged across 431 numbers since February 2026, 267 fall into the debt-reduction category, covering credit cards, mortgages, and student loans. That single category outpaces the next largest by more than two to one, making it the clear engine of complaint volume for this Texas area code.

The two highest-volume individual numbers, 830-345-0290 and 830-208-4729, drew 45 and 33 complaints respectively without being pinned to a named category, suggesting either mixed pitches or rapid-shifting scripts that made consistent classification difficult. 830-253-0523, with 11 complaints, is the top number explicitly tied to debt-reduction calls. Together these three numbers alone account for 89 complaints, nearly a third of the debt category's total.

Impersonation calls are the secondary threat at 115 complaints. 830-904-5913 is the leading impersonation number with 19 complaints, and 830-377-5005 follows with 6. Reported locations tied to 830 activity span Leakey, New Braunfels, and San Antonio in Texas, but also surface in Houston and Chicago, indicating the geographic spoofing of a rural Texas code to project local credibility to targets across a wider range.

Medical and prescription solicitations add 43 complaints and warranty or protection-plan calls account for 15 more, rounding out a secondary layer of fraud that trails well behind the debt pitch volume. 830-253-0462 and 830-201-3856 each carry 11 and 8 complaints respectively with no category attached, leaving their exact pitch type open.

At rank 194 of 357 area codes overall, 830 sits in the middle tier nationally, but among Texas codes it ranks 31st of 51, placing it in the more active half of in-state codes. With complaints still arriving as of June 2026 and 92 percent of FCC-flagged contacts made by live callers rather than robocall recordings, the debt-pitch operation here is human-staffed and adaptive, which tends to correlate with higher conversion rates and sustained campaign longevity.