Scam Calls from Area Code 952

Dropped calls and silent connections define the complaint profile for area code 952, a Minnesota code covering the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro and suburbs including Bloomington and Buffalo. Of 623 total complaints logged across 222 numbers between February and June 2026, 184 fall into the dropped-call-or-no-message category, more than triple the next closest bucket. That pattern points to automated dialing infrastructure making more connections than it can service, a hallmark of high-volume robocall campaigns probing for live recipients.

Five numbers drive the dropped-call volume: 952-463-4287 with 14 complaints, 952-463-4311 and 952-463-4358 each with 10, 952-491-2691 with 9, and 952-463-4346 with 9. The tight clustering of the 952-463-4xxx prefix across four of those five numbers is notable and suggests a single operation cycling through a sequentially assigned block, a technique used to rotate caller ID while keeping calls originating from the same underlying trunk or campaign.

Beyond the silent calls, impersonation is the most consequential secondary threat, drawing 47 complaints from callers pretending to be government agencies, businesses, or personal contacts. Debt-reduction pitches account for 32 more complaints, targeting credit cards, mortgages, and student loans. Medical and prescription solicitations add 28 complaints, with 952-213-6095 alone responsible for 16 of those. Home improvement and cleaning schemes round out the picture at 24 complaints.

The top individual number by complaint count is 952-254-4680, which has generated 24 complaints with no categorized subject recorded, making it the single most-reported line in the code. The second-highest uncategorized line, 952-491-2690, adds 8 complaints. Together these two numbers account for 32 complaints that fall outside any identified scheme, suggesting either an emerging campaign not yet patterned by complaint volume or deliberate evasion of recognizable scripts.

FCC records show only 9 formal filings against 952 numbers, but the complaint-to-filing ratio underscores how little of the actual call traffic surfaces in regulatory channels. With activity still ongoing as of June 2026 and the sequential-block dialing pattern still active, the dropped-call infrastructure appears to be in an expansion or reconnaissance phase rather than a wind-down, which typically precedes a shift into more aggressive voice-pitch campaigns using the same number pool.