The 235 area code is serving most of the eastern half of Missouri outside the immediate St. Louis area. Look up any phone number starting with 235 area code.
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The 235 area code is currently reporting high volumes of harassment calls. These callers may ring repeatedly to annoy you or verify that your line is active.
Scammers from the 235 area code flood your phone with an impossibly high number of calls in a very short time, sometimes making 30 calls at once or over 100 calls in just two days. The calls continue immediately even after you block the number, and the caller never leaves a voicemail explaining their purpose. They use this relentless calling to wear you down until you finally answer and engage with whatever scam they are running. The harassment stops only when you change your number or they move on to easier targets.
"Received 100 calls from this number in two days. Non stop. I don't answer calls I don't know who is calling me. This has become extremely annoying. I've blocked the calls but they keep coming. Just received 30 at one time. This is ridiculous."
Area Code 235 phone numbers reported as unwanted calls to the FTC in the last 30 days.
(235) 206-9477
1 report ·
(235) 206-9545
1 report ·
(235) 888-0064
1 report ·
(235) 206-9116
1 report ·
(235) 202-5537
1 report ·
(235) 202-5781
1 report ·
(235) 219-1388
1 report ·
(235) 208-0752
1 report ·
No, 235 is a legitimate Missouri area code serving Columbia, Jefferson City, and central Missouri. Because it is a recently activated overlay, scammers exploit the fact that residents have no established associations with it yet.
Because 235 is freshly activated, the primary abuse pattern is raw harassment volume. Complaints describe the same number making over a hundred calls within two days, with no voicemail left and the calls resuming immediately after blocking to overwhelm software and wear targets down.
Area code 235 covers most of the eastern half of Missouri, excluding the St. Louis metropolitan area. This includes the northeastern tip near the northeastern corner of the state, the Lake of the Ozarks at the western tip, Doniphan as the southwestern tip, all of southeastern Missouri (including the Missouri Bootheel area), and areas adjacent to the Mississippi River.
Area code 235 is part of an overlay complex with area code 573 . This means that both area codes serve the same geographic region. Area code 573 was created on January 7, 1996, and area code 235 was added on March 24, 2024. Since these area codes are in an overlay, ten-digit dialing is required.
Area code 235 is a general purpose code which was placed in service on March 24, 2024.
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