Scam Calls from Area Code 929

Debt-reduction pitches define area code 929, a New York City overlay serving Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Manhattan. Of 2,281 total complaints logged against 929 numbers between February and June 2026, 679 fall into the debt-reduction category, covering credit card, mortgage, and student loan solicitations. That single category accounts for nearly 30 percent of all complaints filed against the code, dwarfing every other type by a wide margin.

Impersonation calls form the second-largest threat, drawing 274 complaints. Two numbers stand out: 929-463-3451 with 27 complaints and 929-491-0390 with 14, both flagged as calls pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or family members. Lottery and sweepstakes pitches add another 133 complaints, with 929-949-3854 responsible for 23 of them on its own. Medical and prescription calls generated 50 complaints, concentrated notably at 929-258-3861 with 10.

Three numbers in the top eight carry no category assignment but logged meaningful complaint counts: 929-357-1225 at 15 complaints, 929-376-8111 at 13, and 929-273-0703 at 13. Their combined 41 complaints place them collectively above any single named number in the dataset, suggesting activity that does not fit neatly into standard complaint buckets and may represent emerging or cross-category schemes.

At rank 45 out of 358 area codes overall, 929 is not the highest-volume code in the country, but within its sibling group it ranks 4th out of 50, indicating it punches well above average among comparable New York codes. Reported victims span New York, California, and Florida, with specific locations including Liverpool and Pomona in New York alongside the expected New York City addresses, pointing to number spoofing designed to appear local across a wide geographic reach.

With 1,013 distinct numbers generating complaints and activity still ongoing as of June 2026, the 929 code shows a mature, distributed operation. The concentration of debt-reduction complaints alongside a growing cluster of uncategorized numbers suggests the actors behind this code may be rotating scripts and pitch types to stay ahead of established complaint patterns.