(201) 240-5893
Jersey City, NJ
(201) 240-5893 has 1 FTC complaint.
Most common complaint: medical and prescription offers (100% of FTC complaints).
- No new complaints since Mar 24, 2023 (FTC data through Nov 13, 2026).
- Only 6 numbers in the 201-240 block have more complaints, of 42 there with FTC complaints.
Complaint history
1 FTC complaint on Mar 24, 2023.
FTC complaints are filed by consumers with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Do Not Call registry; they aren't verified by the FTC or by us.
What callers claimed
Complaint categories chosen by FTC complainants:
- Medical & prescriptions 1 · 100%
Who called
The number's block is assigned to Verizon Wireless in Jersey City, NJ.
Is it a debt collector?
Nothing says it is: its one complaint doesn't describe debt collection.
Part of a group of similar numbers
(201) 240-5893 is one of 5 numbers in 201-240 first reported to the FTC for “Medical & prescriptions” calls between Mar 22, 2023 and Mar 27, 2023, 8 complaints in all; most from New Jersey (100%).
Numbers from one block reported for the same thing within days of each other are rarely chance; they usually mean one operation cycling through numbers. How groups are found.
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Nearby numbers in 201-240
42 numbers in 201-240 have 49 FTC complaints between them (14% robocalls), 1 of them about (201) 240-5893. The commonest categories in the block: Medical & prescriptions (49%), Dropped call or no message (8%).
The closest reported numbers on either side of (201) 240-5893, in number order.
Location
- Location of the number block
- Jersey City, NJ, USA
- Block assigned to
- Verizon Wireless
From the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (Nov 3, 2026). This is who the number block was assigned to; numbers can be moved between carriers, and caller IDs can be faked.
The one FTC complainant was in New Jersey. Statewide, New Jersey ranks #12 of the 50 states and DC for Do Not Call complaints per resident: 87,015 in the last 12 months, 911.3 per 100,000 people. Spam calls in New Jersey.
Where FTC complainants were located (U.S. states):
- New Jersey 1 · 100%
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What to do
- Don't share personal or banking details, or pay anyone, on a call you didn't expect. Hang up and call the organization back on a number you find yourself.
- Block it from your recent calls (iPhone: ⓘ, then “Block this Caller”; Android: long-press, then “Block”).
- Report fraud to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (1-888-495-8501).
- Report telemarketing if you're registered and still got the call: to the National Do Not Call List.
- A collector calling? How to check a collection agency in your province.
- Report fraud to the FTC.
- Report telemarketing if you're registered and still got the call: to the National Do Not Call Registry.
- A collector calling? See the FTC's guide to your rights.
- Report fraud: in the U.S. to the FTC; in Canada to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (1-888-495-8501).
- Report telemarketing if you're registered and still got the call: in the U.S. to the National Do Not Call Registry; in Canada to the National Do Not Call List.
- A collector calling? In the U.S., see the FTC's guide to your rights; in Canada, how to check a collection agency in your province.
Questions about (201) 240-5893
- Who called me from (201) 240-5893?
- No complaint names the caller. The number is in a block assigned to Verizon Wireless in Jersey City, NJ (NANPA, Nov 3, 2026); numbers can move between carriers, so the caller's provider may differ. It's one of 5 numbers in the same block first reported for the same kind of call within days of each other, likely one operation.
- Is (201) 240-5893 a scam?
- Canadial rates it low risk, from 1 complaint, latest Mar 24, 2023.
- Is (201) 240-5893 a debt collector or collection agency?
- Nothing says it is: its one complaint doesn't describe debt collection.
- Should I call (201) 240-5893 back?
- Be careful. If you don't recognize it, let it go to voicemail: a legitimate caller will leave a message, and you can reach any real organization on a number you look up yourself.
- How many times has (201) 240-5893 been reported?
- 1 complaint to the U.S. FTC's Do Not Call registry on Mar 24, 2023.
- What do callers from (201) 240-5893 say?
- The most common complaint category is "Medical & prescriptions" (100% of FTC complaints).
Data updated: FTC complaints through Nov 13, 2026; numbering records as of Nov 3, 2026; community reports live. How this page is built.