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Ohio filed nearly 100,000 Do Not Call complaints with the FTC, ranking it among the top five states in the country. Callers posing as AEP and Dominion customer service representatives threatening immediate power shutoff unless you pay by prepaid card are the top reported threat across 614 Columbus and 216 Cleveland. If someone demands a prepaid card to keep your electricity on, stop and search the number in our Ohio reverse phone lookup. It might reveal they have nothing to do with AEP or Dominion.
Threats of immediate electricity disconnection are a favorite tactic of scammers targeting Ohio households. Protect your home and wallet by verifying if this is a real utility call or a known fraud ring.
Phone numbers reported as unwanted calls to the FTC by local residents in the last 30 days.
(888) 560-9704
15 reports ·
(888) 269-4978
15 reports ·
(844) 515-1201
14 reports ·
(866) 771-6903
13 reports ·
(855) 883-0471
10 reports ·
(234) 255-5731
10 reports ·
(216) 243-5163
9 reports ·
(614) 660-8097
9 reports ·
(855) 883-0461
9 reports ·
(302) 360-8079
9 reports ·
Ohioans often report Utility impersonation (electric/gas), Car Warranty calls, and SSN scams. In 2024, Ohio residents reported 63,367 fraud cases resulting in total losses of $226,195,712, with a median loss of $350 per victim. Don't let scammers get away with it. Report any fraudulent activity to:
In 2024, Ohio residents filed 99,873 unwanted call complaints with the FTC, of which 45,102 were robocalls and 38,063 involved live callers. The most reported complaint topics were medical and prescriptions (10,334), imposters (4,714), reducing debt (2,401). You can significantly reduce the number of unsolicited calls you receive by visiting the official Do Not Call website. Visit donotcall.gov or call 1-888-382-1222 to protect your number.
Cleveland 's 216/436, Columbus 's 614/380, Cincinnati 's 513, Akron 's 330/234. Ohio 's major cities each have multiple overlapping codes shown in the table below. Area codes suggest cities but don 't identify callers. Use our reverse phone lookup to get the owner 's name and address.
| Area Code | Cities |
|---|---|
| 216 | Cleveland, Lakewood, Euclid |
| 220 | Newark, Lancaster, Marion |
| 234 | Akron, Canton, Youngstown |
| 283 | Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown |
| 326 | Dayton, Springfield, Kettering |
| 330 | Akron, Canton, Youngstown |
| 380 | Columbus, Dublin, Westerville |
| 419 | Toledo, Mansfield, Findlay |
| 436 | Parma, Lorain, Elyria |
| 440 | Parma, Lorain, Elyria |
| 513 | Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown |
| 567 | Toledo, Mansfield, Findlay |
| 614 | Columbus, Dublin, Westerville |
| 740 | Newark, Lancaster, Marion |
| 937 | Dayton, Springfield, Kettering |
Important: Area codes are no longer reliable indicators of a caller's location. Number portability allows users to keep their numbers when they move, and scammers frequently use "neighbor spoofing" to make long-distance or fraudulent calls appear local.
The 216 area code covers the city of Cleveland and its inner-ring suburbs in northeast Ohio, including Lakewood, Euclid, Cleveland Heights, and Garfield Heights.
Numbers with 740 and the overlay 220 serve a wide swath of central, eastern, and southeastern Ohio, including Newark, Lancaster, Marion, Delaware, and Zanesville.
Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Cuyahoga Falls, and Warren in northeast Ohio are covered by 330 and its overlay 234.
The 513 area code and overlay 283 serve southwest Ohio, including Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown, Fairfield, and Mason.
Across the Miami Valley of southwest Ohio, 937 and overlay 326 reach Dayton, Springfield, Kettering, Beavercreek, and Huber Heights.
Numbers with 614 and the overlay 380 serve the Columbus metro in central Ohio, including Columbus, Dublin, Westerville, Grove City, and Reynoldsburg.
In northwest Ohio, 419 and overlay 567 cover Toledo, Mansfield, Findlay, Lima, and Bowling Green.
The 440 area code and overlay 436 ring the Cleveland metro through its western and eastern suburbs, including Parma, Lorain, Elyria, Mentor, and Strongsville.
Yes, using reverse phone lookup services is completely legal in Ohio when used for personal purposes like identifying unknown numbers or avoiding scam calls. That said, federal law under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) prohibits using lookup results for hiring decisions, tenant screening, or determining credit eligibility.
Ohio doesn't have a privacy law, but you can still get your info removed from phone lookup sites. Go to each site's privacy settings and submit an opt-out or removal request.
Getting a business name from a phone lookup is helpful, but verification is key. With over 254,594 business establishments in Ohio according to Census data, confirming the company through the Ohio Business Search is the safest approach.
Ohio has 13.5 million mobile subscriptions, 2 million VoIP numbers, and 682,000 landlines.