Scam Calls from Area Code 940

Dropped calls and silent hang-ups define area code 940, a Texas geographic code anchored in Wichita Falls and Denton. Of 604 total complaints logged across 251 numbers since February 2026, 144 fall into the dropped-call or no-message category, making it the single largest complaint bucket by a wide margin. Three of the eight most-complained-about numbers in the code share that classification: 940-333-8082 leads with 22 complaints, followed by 940-394-3108 with 10 and 940-366-7214 with 6. The dropped-call pattern is consistent with robodialers probing for live recipients before routing to a human operator or confirming an active line for resale.

Impersonation and debt-reduction calls each account for 58 complaints, placing them in a clear secondary tier. No specific companies or government agencies are named in the impersonation data for this code, but the volume indicates an organized effort rather than isolated incidents. Debt-reduction pitches targeting credit cards, mortgages, or student loans represent an equally substantial thread running through the code's activity.

Four of the eight top numbers carry no complaint category: 940-556-0153 at 11 complaints, 940-321-2353 at 7, 940-461-7267 and 940-209-4361 and 940-205-4957 each at 6. Together those five numbers account for 36 complaints with no clear subject on record, which limits visibility into what callers are actually pitching once a line is confirmed live.

Geographically, reported call destinations extend beyond the 940 footprint into Florida and California, suggesting the numbers are being used to spoof a local Texas identity for audiences well outside North Texas. Activity has continued without interruption from February through June 2026. At rank 264 out of 358 area codes overall the code sits in the lower-volume range nationally, but among Texas area codes it ranks 35th out of 50, placing it in the middle of the state's threat landscape.

The combination of high dropped-call volume, parallel debt and impersonation campaigns, and a cluster of high-complaint numbers with no disclosed purpose points to a code being used as a live-line screening tool feeding into at least two distinct downstream fraud operations.