Here’s Who Keeps Sending Robocalls To NYC

NEW YORK, NY – If you think robocalls are blowing up your phone more than ever, you're not wrong. Junk call blocker YouMail is reporting the amount of pre-recorded phone messages is at an all-time high – and they target New York more than most states.

There were 3.36 billion robocalls last month in the U.S., a whopping 34 percent higher than April 2017.

New Yorkers got 207.8 million calls. Only four states got more, YouMail reported.

Here’s how that breaks down in in New York City for the month of April:

Area code: 212

• Total robocalls: 2.7 million
• Average calls per person: 1.6
• Top five robocallers last month:

1: 315-533-8630
GSA Contracts Scam
Unknown Robocaller

2: 866-456-0677
Barclay's Card Rewards
Credit Card Debt Collection

3: 518-952-3396
Business Loan Pre-Approved Scam
Business Loan Scam

4: 877-981-2152
Pay Pal
Payments/Debt

5: 866-532-0424
Citibank
Bank Debt Collection

Area code: 646

1: 917-728-1137
Police Charity Call
Police Charity

2: 718-935-6740
NYC Department of Education
Education Services

3: 212-244-9392
Chinese Consulate
Spammer

4: 888-423-0900
Verizon Information Line
Phone Company

5: 518-952-3396
Business Loan Pre-Approved Scam
Business Loan Scam

Area code: 917

1: 917-728-1137
Police Charity Call
Police Charity

2: 718-935-6740
NYC Department of Education
Education Services

3: 518-952-3396
Business Loan Pre-Approved Scam
Business Loan Scam

4: 212-244-9392
Chinese Consulate
Spammer

5: 888-423-0900
Verizon Information Line
Phone Company

Area code: 347

1: 718-935-6740
NYC Department of Education
Education Services

2: 201-885-4966
Spam Caller
Spammer

3: 888-423-0900
Verizon Information Line
Phone Company

4: 914-279-2114
Spam Caller
Spammer

5: 844-349-6207
Fingerhut Collections Call
Retail Debt Collection

Area code: 718

1: 800-955-6600
Capital One Payments/Collections
Payments/Debt

2: 888-423-0900
Verizon Information Line
Phone Company

3: 917-267-0849
Spam Caller
Spammer

4: 212-244-9392
Chinese Consulate
Spammer

5: 518-952-3396
Business Loan Pre-Approved Scam
Business Loan Scam

Area code: 929

1: 212-477-3063
LinkNYC "Payphone"
Unknown Robocaller

2: 800-522-2455
ADT Security Systems
Home Security

3: 800-983-1252
TOLL FREE CALL
Unknown Robocaller

4: 800-694-7466
Apple iCloud Scam
Unknown Robocaller

5: 866-348-6231
Cullman County Sheriff's Office
Unknown Robocaller

With more than 384 million received robocalls, California earned the top spot for the most, followed by Texas with 363.3 million.

Here are the states that received the most robocalls, as well as how many they received:

1. California, 384.4 million
2. Texas, 363.3 million
3. Florida, 261.1 million
4. Georgia, 213.6 million
5. New York, 207.8 million
6. Illinois, 134.6 million
7. Ohio, 115.8 million
8. Pennsylvania, 115.4 million
9. North Carolina, 111 million
10. Louisiana, 97.6 million

Here are the top 10 most robocalled cities:

1. Atlanta, GA
2. Dallas, TX
3. New York, NY
4. Los Angeles, CA
5. Chicago, IL
6. Houston, TX
7. Baltimore, MD
8. Philadelphia, PA
9. San Francisco Bay Area, CA
10. Newark, NJ

"Despite the best efforts of regulators, industry groups, service providers, and app developers, we are warning consumers to remain vigilant by not picking up any calls from unfamiliar numbers, using robocall blocking apps, and researching numbers before calling them back," YouMail CEO Alex Quilici said in a release.

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Patch reporter Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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