Scam Detective

Scam Campaign

Government Impersonation Scam — 888-458-0597

Identified on 4/22/2026

Primary Entity

phone

8884580597
High Risk
  • 28 FTC complaints filed against this number — top 1% of reported numbers
  • 4 community reports from users
  • Complaints from 16 states — suggests robocall campaign

Campaign Narrative

This phone number cluster involves 4 numbers linked to Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends complaints primarily targeting consumers in Tannersville, Pennsylvania, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Fresno, California. The numbers are 315-230-8158, 315-585-8628, 888-458-0597, 888-836-9748. Together, these numbers have accumulated 25 consumer complaints across FTC and FCC databases.

Per-number activity, 888-458-0597 with 25 complaints.

Across all linked entities, consumers have filed 25 complaints with federal agencies.

If you receive a call or text from any of these numbers, do not engage. Hang up immediately and do not call back. Never provide personal information or make payments to unknown callers. You can report suspicious contacts to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or to the FCC at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov.

This campaign was identified through automated analysis of FTC/FCC complaint databases and entity relationship mapping.

Entity Roster

Phone Numbers (4)

Data Sources

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