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Northern New Jersey's 862 area code covers Newark, Paterson, and Clifton, a densely populated corridor anchored by finance, utilities, and transportation. Prudential Financial agents, PSEG utility service alerts, and Newark Airport logistics coordinators are among the most common callers.
862 area code numbers reported as unwanted calls to the FTC in the last 30 days.
| Phone Number | Complaints | Last Reported |
|---|---|---|
| (862) 418-3292 | ||
| (862) 418-2842 | ||
| (862) 418-3173 | ||
| (862) 267-9072 | ||
| (862) 212-7400 | ||
| (862) 244-8068 | ||
| (862) 999-7426 | ||
| (862) 402-4653 | ||
| (862) 419-0910 | ||
| (862) 872-7672 |
The emotional grandparent scam and aggressive debt collection calls are common in the 862 area code. Scammers pretend a family member is in jail or claim you owe money to trick you into paying.
"My father got a call saying his grandson was in the hospital and had a bad accident and needed money."
"...a different women stating that she is the supervisor and that my Info hit their desk this morning and if I dont pay I was gonna be taking to court. When I began questioning her she got rude and threatening to terminate the call."
"got a call... saying his name was David Meyers... and that I won 8.5 million dollars, a new 2025 mercedes benz... I just have to purchase my claimer's card for $499.00 its a Green Dot Money Scratch Card."
"Pretending to be Bank of America and saying debit card has been blocked for fraud. Redirects you to call 562-666-3484 which is probably someone trying to get all your bank info."
"They call every day about three times a day. Told them that IT is no longer on site and to remove this number. Been going on for a year now. When I see the number, I just hang up on them."
"Noah calling in regards of a student loan forgiveness program. Saying that if I don't return the call by the end of the day, I will be out of the program. I'm not a student/never had a student loan."
"The man said that he was calling on behalf of the Police Benevolent Society... I asked him why the call was only coming up as Newark, NJ, why it wasn't identifying the group he was calling from. He couldn't answer."
Area code 862 covers the northernmost part of New Jersey.
Area code 862 is an overlay to area code 973 . This means that they serve the same geographic region. Area code 973 was created in June 1, 1997. Area code 862 was introduced later as an overlay. Ten-digit dialing became mandatory on December 1, 2001.
No, 862 is an authentic area code serving northern New Jersey as an overlay to the 973 region. Scam operations hijack this prefix because people are much more likely to answer an incoming call if it reflects their own local communities.
This local New Jersey overlay is plagued by highly emotional extortion attempts and aggressive IT impersonations. Criminals frequently execute the grandparent scam, claiming a relative is jailed and needs nine thousand dollars in immediate bail money. You might also receive strange calls targeting local businesses from Comodo Security, demanding to speak directly to the IT Manager.