406 area code phone numbers reported to the FTC in the last 30 days:
| Phone Number | Complaints | Last Reported |
|---|---|---|
| (406) 235-1052 | ||
| (406) 968-8553 | ||
| (406) 401-4775 | ||
| (406) 852-7672 | ||
| (406) 205-0068 | ||
| (406) 302-9644 | ||
| (406) 812-9516 | ||
| (406) 350-4046 | ||
| (406) 574-1675 | ||
| (406) 287-6513 |
Scammers use area code 406 to pose as process servers or the U.S. Postal Service. They send text messages about lost packages to steal your credit card details or personal information.
Aggressive robocalls threatening active pursuit and arrest warrants at workplaces to extort personal data.
"Never answered. Message states they will be 'actively pursuing you at your place of employment and your residence.' Received multiple times. Just ignored."
Claims to hold a $2.5 million check or illegal package to extort fake fees or steal identities.
"Received a call 12/28/20 at 11:28am from Christina Clark with the US postal inspection service in Bozeman also calling about a $2.5 million check and to call them."
Automated calls reporting fake high-dollar iPhone purchases to gain remote PC access under the guise of cancellation.
"received a call on my answering machine, from an automated sounding monotone voice, to contact amazon...about a charge of $749.99 for i-phone 11 to my account that I ordered. If they did not hear back from me they would continue to charge my account."
Creates false urgency about expiring warranties to sell overpriced, exclusionary vehicle service contracts.
"Same as above, I block one number and they start calling me from another. I've blocked a total of 6 different numbers. All Montana area codes (406). I connected once to a live person, asked them to remove me from list, I don't have a warranty and to stop calling and was hung up on before I got 6 words out."
Requests SSNs and FSA IDs to check eligibility for fake stimulus-related loan forgiveness programs.
"'StUdEnT LoAn dEbT fOrGiVeNeSs aSsiStAnCe pRoGrAmS!!' clown robocall scampaign... Me: 'I don't have any student loans.' Bozo: 'We iNcLuDe oNe!!'"
Middle-of-the-night harassment calls designed to trick targets into answering and verifying active numbers.
"CALLED MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE AT 12:38 A.M. AND THEN MY WORK CELL PHONE AT 12:39 A.M!!!! Since only my friends and family have both my numbers I thought it might be an emergency so answered the second call and they just hung up!! Ugh!! Really?!"
The 406 area code has been Montana's only area code since the American Telephone and Telegraph Company created a nationwide telephone numbering plan in 1947. Phone numbers with this area code originate from communities throughout the Montana numbering plan area.
Montana's single statewide area code, 406 connects callers from Billings to Missoula to Great Falls across one of the country's most geographically expansive numbering regions. National Park Service rangers, Billings Clinic schedulers, and university alumni associations are common sources of calls.