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Southern Orange County's 949 area code covers Irvine, Newport Beach, and Laguna Niguel - a wealthy coastal region home to finance, healthcare, and gaming. UCI Medical Center billing departments, Blizzard Entertainment developer recruiters, and PIMCO financial advisors are among the most common callers.
949 area code numbers reported as unwanted calls to the FTC in the last 30 days.
| Phone Number | Complaints | Last Reported |
|---|---|---|
| (949) 868-3495 | ||
| (949) 593-6001 | ||
| (949) 444-0896 | ||
| (949) 236-7310 | ||
| (949) 444-0862 | ||
| (949) 444-0855 | ||
| (949) 444-0868 | ||
| (949) 988-0721 | ||
| (949) 200-8277 | ||
| (949) 228-4665 |
The 949 area code sees many scams involving student loan forgiveness and fake business credit offers. Fraudsters promise to erase debt or provide loans in exchange for upfront fees.
"Scammed me out of 600 bucks. Only found out they were fake by calling dept of education and them telling me I never made a single payment. He sounded so professional, I usually don't fall for scams. But I did this time."
"Hey it's Jennifer and um I'm just following up I forgot that $250,000 business line of credit preapproved for you so I just wanted to connect for a few minutes and um understand what your plans are...give me a call I can be reached at 949-518-0407 um or give me a call back on the number that showed up on your phone..."
"A lady by the name of Laura Allto keeps calling me from an 'UNKNOWN' number but in the message gives 949-229-1864 saying there is a case against me... The most disturbing thing is she gives the last 4 numbers of my social saying I need to have my attorney call them and good luck."
"Man with heavy accent called to sell me a back and shoulder brace. HE SAID HE WAS WITH MEDICARE. He had my Medicare Number, Social Security Code, and was familiar with my medical problems in my back and shoulder... I am very upset that anyone would release my personal information."
"I started receiving calls over the past 3 days. I have received over 30 calls from someone with the name Barbara from Fresh Start since 8am this morning. I have called the Fresh Start number...and asked them to STOP calling my number and have been told they will stop but the calls continue."
"Called and had my name and make and model of vehicle I drive... when I tried to ask him how they got my info then they immediately hung on me as soon as I started speaking. When I called 949-298-2565 the number he called me from I received a message saying that this number is unreachable..."
Area code 949 covers the southern portion of Orange County, California.
Area code 949 was created from a split of area code 714 . The 657 /714 area code serves the northern part of Orange County, with a small portion of Irvine and most of Santa Ana and Tustin in the 657/714 area code.
No, 949 is a recognized California area code covering the affluent coastal regions of southern Orange County, including Irvine and Newport Beach. Bad actors systematically spoof this highly desirable prefix to feign wealth and credibility during their cold calling campaigns.
The tremendous wealth concentrated in southern Orange County makes it a lucrative target for aggressive financial and tax frauds. Homeowners are relentlessly bombarded by a robocaller named "Barbara from Fresh Start" pushing bogus IRS back tax elimination, while commercial scams feature agents like "Jennifer" offering fake $250,000 business lines of credit based on fictitious Dunn and Bradstreet scores.