Here's Who Keeps Robocalling Your 215 Area Code

If you think you’re receiving robocalls now more than ever, you’re not wrong. Pre-recorded phone messages are at an all-time high, according to robocall blocker YouMail.

According to data from YouMail, there were 3.36 billion robocalls last month in the United States, 6.5 percent higher than the previous record and a whopping 34 percent higher than April 2017.

So who is behind these calls that interrupt our dinner and create distractions while we watch a movie or read a book?

Here's who's robocalling the area codes 215 and 267:

Area code 215

• Total robocalls: 21.6 million
• Population affected: 2.5 million
• Average calls per person: 8.5
• Top five robocallers last month:

1. 415-675-8943: Piper Security
2. 980-242-3698: Health Insurance Spam
3. 800-955-6600: Capital One Payments/Collections
4. 888-423-0900: Verizon Information Line
5. 773-273-6136: Health Insurance Spam

Area code 267

• Total robocalls: 20 million
• Population affected: 1.3 million
• Average calls per person: 15.3
• Top five robocallers last month:

1. 980-242-3698: Health Insurance Spam
2. 800-955-6600: Capital One Payments/Collections
3. 773-273-6136: Health Insurance Spam
4. 888-483-7033: Toll Free Call, Unknown Robocaller
5. 877-647-8552: Wells Fargo

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With more than 384 million received robocalls, California earned the top spot for most robocalled state, 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
11. Michigan, 89.7 million
12. Tennessee, 88.3 million
13. New Jersey, 84.3 million
14. Virginia, 83 million
15. Maryland, 79 million
16. Alabama, 77.9 million
17. South Carolina, 64.4 million
18. Arizona, 60 million
19. Missouri, 51.7 million
20. Indiana, 51 million

Atlanta received the dubious honor of most robocalled city in America for the 29th straight month. People in that city received nearly 148 million robocalls last month and three Atlanta area codes cracked the top 20 most robocalled area code list.

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

The company says 47 of the 50 most robocalled cities in the country saw a higher robocalling volume in April. The increase comes even as lawmakers, consumer groups, telecommunications carriers and device makers pay closer attention to illegal calls.

"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.

Patch reporter Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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