(201) 616-9661
Jersey City, NJ
(201) 616-9661 has 1 FTC complaint.
Most common complaint: impersonating a government agency, business or relative (100% of FTC complaints).
- No new complaints since Sep 23, 2025 (FTC data through Nov 13, 2026).
- Only 6 numbers in the 201-616 block have more complaints, of 48 there with FTC complaints.
Complaint history
1 FTC complaint on Sep 23, 2025.
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:
- Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends 1 · 100%
Who called
The number's block is assigned to New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC 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) 616-9661 is one of 22 numbers in area code 201 first reported to the FTC for “Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends” calls between Sep 23, 2025 and Sep 25, 2025, against about 3 in a usual three days, 22 complaints in all; most from New Jersey (82%), California (5%), Connecticut (5%).
So many numbers from one area code first reported for the same thing within three days are rarely chance; they usually mean one operation cycling through numbers. How groups are found.
Nearby numbers in 201-616
48 numbers in 201-616 have 58 FTC complaints between them (55% robocalls), 1 of them about (201) 616-9661. The commonest categories in the block: Medical & prescriptions (19%), Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends (14%), Dropped call or no message (9%).
The closest reported numbers on either side of (201) 616-9661, in number order.
All reported numbers in 201-616 →Location
- Location of the number block
- Jersey City, NJ, USA
- Block assigned to
- New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC
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%
Complainants' cities:
West, NJ (1)
As typed on the FTC form, with spelling variants merged; complaints without a city aren't counted.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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) 616-9661
- Who called me from (201) 616-9661?
- No complaint names the caller. The number is in a block assigned to New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC in Jersey City, NJ (NANPA, Nov 3, 2026); numbers can move between carriers, so the caller's provider may differ. It's one of 22 numbers in area code 201 first reported for the same kind of call within three days, many times the usual number, likely one operation.
- Is (201) 616-9661 a scam?
- Canadial rates it low risk, from 1 complaint, latest Sep 23, 2025.
- Is (201) 616-9661 a debt collector or collection agency?
- Nothing says it is: its one complaint doesn't describe debt collection.
- Should I call (201) 616-9661 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) 616-9661 been reported?
- 1 complaint to the U.S. FTC's Do Not Call registry on Sep 23, 2025.
- What do callers from (201) 616-9661 say?
- The most common complaint category is "Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends" (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.