These area the top 10 area code 508 phone numbers reported to the FTC in the last 30 days:
| Phone Number | Complaints | Last Reported |
|---|---|---|
| (508) 281-2567 | ||
| (508) 450-4796 | ||
| (508) 686-1426 | ||
| (508) 414-3942 | ||
| (508) 785-6685 | ||
| (508) 290-0092 | ||
| (508) 764-4019 | ||
| (508) 979-6951 | ||
| (508) 273-8439 | ||
| (508) 348-8959 |
Residents are reporting National Grid impersonators and fake legal threats coming from the 508 area code. These scammers claim your power will be shut off or you owe a debt to get you to pay immediately.
Spoofs utility caller ID to offer a 30% discount, demanding account numbers to fraudulently switch energy suppliers.
"Just got a call from this number...comes up on caller id as National Grid....some loser named 'Mike' with a Indian accent so thick you could cut it with a knife! I laughed at the guy and told him to go F himself and his mother!"
Robocalls threaten to submit case files and contact your HR department regarding vague legal matters.
"Harrassing calls from this number, will call multiple times in a row and leave vague threatening messages. No company name or nature of the supposed issue they will pursue me for. Specifically threatened to contact me at my work and implied I was hiding from them."
Promises free medical braces or threatens SSN suspension to trick victims into revealing their numbers.
"William Gonzales said he was from 'your Medicare Provider ' and wanted to send me a back support at no cost. He wanted me to verify and tell him my Medicare number! Don't do it!"
Callers spoofing DCU cite fake missed payments and demand full SSN and date of birth to "verify identity."
"This number called me they knew my first and last name said they were DCU, told me I was late on a payment which I check my accounts regularly and knew I wasn't. They wanted me to make the payment and started asking questions I hung up."
Malicious autodialers repeatedly flood business lines with fax screeching or dead air, disrupting operations.
"Our place of business has received 20 of these calls within the first 30 minutes of opening for the day. As one call is coming in, another is calling on another line until all lines are full with this one call. So many calls at once that actual calls couldn't get through."
Aggressive, unsolicited callers use scraped public data to pitch chimney cleaning services and access homes.
"Offering a 'Chimney Sweep'.. A Classic in the scam world. When I asked 'Veronica' to stop calling me, she got very testy and raised her voice to me."
Phone numbers with the 508 area code prefix originate from south-central and most of southeastern Massachusetts. This region, also known as Numbering Plan Area (NPA) 128, covers a significant portion of the state, including the southern parts of Worcester County and MetroWest, as well as Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast.
Area code 508 operates as an overlay complex with area code 774 . Area code 774 was added to the 508 numbering plan area on May 2, 2001, forming an overlay complex. This system makes ten-digit dialing mandatory for all calls within this numbering plan area.
Central and southeastern Massachusetts, including Worcester, Brockton, and New Bedford, fall under the 508 area code. TJX Companies corporate staff, UMass Memorial Health billing, and Hanover Insurance claims adjusters call regularly from this region.