Scam Campaign Report: Lottery and Sweepstakes Phone Cluster
A cluster of 21 interconnected phone numbers has been identified as part of an active lottery, prizes, and sweepstakes scam campaign. The cluster is anchored by three numbers with confirmed FTC complaint histories: 917-374-1864, which has accumulated 22 FTC complaints and is categorized under lotteries, prizes, and sweepstakes; 646-238-1470, which carries 6 FTC complaints in the same category; and 202-487-9036, which has 2 FTC complaints also in the lottery and sweepstakes category. The remaining 18 numbers in the cluster carry zero FTC complaints, which is consistent with frequent number rotation — a common tactic used by scam operations to evade complaint-based detection systems and call-blocking services.
The 15 cross-entity relationships in this cluster are all of the reported_together type, meaning consumers who encountered one number also reported other numbers from this group within the same incident or reporting session. Numbers 754-232-5935, 765-208-9668, and 929-843-8035 each appear in multiple reported_together relationships, functioning as central nodes that connect the broader cluster. The relationship between 806-283-3674 and 929-843-8035 carries a slightly elevated confidence score of 0.35 compared to the 0.20 confidence scores across the remaining 14 relationships, suggesting a more consistent co-reporting pattern between those two numbers specifically. This network structure indicates coordinated dialing activity rather than isolated or independent robocall campaigns.
Geographic targeting data from the complaint records reveals that this campaign has reached consumers across multiple states and regions. Number 917-374-1864 generated complaints from Los Angeles, California; Orange Park, Florida; and East Meadow, New York, indicating broad national reach. Number 646-238-1470 drew complaints from Wolverine Lake, Michigan; Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and Rogers, Arkansas, covering the Midwest and South-Central regions. Number 202-487-9036 was reported from Danielsville, Georgia. Taken together, this geographic spread suggests the campaign is not regionally concentrated but instead uses wide-area dialing, likely through automated systems targeting residential and mobile numbers across the country.
Community reports associated with this cluster provide additional operational detail. Multiple posts, each receiving one upvote, explicitly describe the numbers as scam numbers and encourage other consumers to flood the associated voicemails with blank messages using VoIP applications as a countermeasure. The posts instruct users to deliver 45 voicemail messages of brief audio to each number, with callers advised never to use personal phone lines. While these are community-driven responses rather than official enforcement actions, they confirm that real consumers have identified this cluster as an active scam operation and are actively attempting to disrupt it.
Consumers who are contacted by any number in this cluster should hang up immediately without engaging, pressing any digits, or providing any personal or financial information. Do not call back numbers you do not recognize, and do not click any links sent via text message from unknown senders. To verify whether a phone number has been reported as fraudulent, consumers can search it through the FTC complaint database or use third-party lookup tools such as 800notes, WhoCallsMe, or the FCC's Consumer Help Center. Suspected scam calls should be reported to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov and to the FCC at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Consumers who believe they have been targeted by a lottery or sweepstakes scam should also contact their state attorney general's consumer protection office.
Overall, this cluster represents a moderate-to-elevated threat level based on the volume of confirmed FTC complaints, the multi-state geographic spread, and the coordinated number rotation behavior. Recommended next steps include submitting all 21 numbers to the FTC and FCC for formal review, flagging the cluster with major carrier spam-detection programs, and monitoring for new numbers that appear in reported_together relationships with the existing central nodes 754-232-5935, 765-208-9668, and 929-843-8035. Consumers in Los Angeles, Orange Park, East Meadow, Wolverine Lake, Wheat Ridge, Rogers, and Danielsville should be considered at elevated risk based on existing complaint origin data.