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Sacramento's primary area code, 916 covers the state capital and its surrounding communities - a region defined by government, healthcare, and political infrastructure. Calls frequently originate from California Franchise Tax Board offices, state legislative aides, Sutter Health, and lobbyists working the capitol corridor.
916 area code numbers reported as unwanted calls to the FTC in the last 30 days.
| Phone Number | Complaints | Last Reported |
|---|---|---|
| (916) 472-0075 | ||
| (916) 260-4160 | ||
| (916) 800-1098 | ||
| (916) 777-8690 | ||
| (916) 404-3464 | ||
| (916) 404-2987 | ||
| (916) 237-8706 | ||
| (916) 237-9165 | ||
| (916) 299-9810 | ||
| (916) 352-7959 |
Sacramento's 916 area code faces frequent Social Security arrest threats and fake legal notices. Callers say you will be arrested if you do not pay a settlement fee over the phone.
"Message from the Department of Social Security Administration...to inform you that there is a legal enforcement action filed on your social security number for fraudulent activities so before this matter goes to the state courthouse and before you get arrested if you need any information or have any question kindly call us back..."
"Hello ----, This is an urgent message attended for ---- ----- (my mother), my name is Amber, I'm contacting you in reference to a complaint that has been recently forwarded to my office, if you have any questions or concerns, regarding these pending actions that may be filed against you, you will need to contact the firm immediately..."
"I received several calls... supposedly from Publishers Clearing House that I had won $5 million dollars, a new car, free gas card for a year and $5,000 gift card from Walmart. All they wanted was some money to be sent some where to help defray costs."
"This is a call center that is pretending to be Comcast and will falsely identify themselves as such, in reality they begin by asking fairly benign questions which then turn into phishing, such as asking for account information and passwords. It's very obvious what's happening here..."
"The phone message left and the ID of the incoming call stated "Rothman Klein" Mediation. Threatening for refusal to pay and giving my 'last warning' extremely threatening voice and volume. Total Scam !!!"
"Receiving unwanted multiple texts with my name (after blocking numbers) from Alice saying she wants to buy my house at specified address (never listed for sale)."
"claimed he was from microsoft...and my computer was hacked so he got into my computer...luckily caught it..."
The numbering plan area encompasses Sacramento and its surrounding suburbs.
Area codes 916 and 279 work together to serve the same geographic region. Area code 916 was one of the first three area codes established in California in October 1947. Area code 279 began service on March 10, 2018, as an overlay to relieve an exhausting supply of central office codes in the 916 area code.
No, 916 is a fully authorized area code serving the California capital of Sacramento and its surrounding suburbs. Bad actors deliberately copy this state capital prefix to make their spoofed calls look like official or familiar neighborhood inquiries.
Residents of the broader Sacramento valley are pounded by sophisticated utility phishing and sweepstakes operations. Callers routinely pose as Xfinity support late at night to extract account passwords, while scammers named "James Whitman" or "Michael McCarty" demand thousands in processing fees for imaginary five million dollar Publishers Clearing House prizes.