(228) 290-9896
(228) 290-9896 is likely a robocall: 3 FTC complaints, 100% recorded messages, mostly about dropped calls or silence.
- No new complaints since Oct 16, 2025 (FTC data through Nov 13, 2026).
- More FTC complaints than 96% of the 14,858 numbers with FTC complaints in area code 228.
- Only 5 numbers in the 228-290 block have more complaints, of 84 there with FTC complaints.
Complaint history
3 FTC complaints between Aug 19, 2025 and Oct 16, 2025.
The FTC complaints came in every month from Aug 2025 to Oct 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
3 of its 3 FTC complaints (100%) are about dropped calls or silence, against 15% of the 17,486 FTC complaints about all numbers in area code 228.
Complaint categories chosen by FTC complainants:
- Dropped call or no message 3 · 100%
Who called
The number's block is assigned to Onvoy, LLC.
Is it a debt collector?
Nothing says it is: none of its 3 complaints describe debt collection.
Part of a group of similar numbers
(228) 290-9896 is one of 5 numbers in 228-290 first reported to the FTC for “Dropped call or no message” calls between Aug 18, 2025 and Aug 25, 2025, 10 complaints in all; most from Mississippi (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 228-290
84 numbers in 228-290 have 114 FTC complaints between them (60% robocalls), 3 of them about (228) 290-9896. The commonest categories in the block: Dropped call or no message (29%), Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends (15%).
The closest reported numbers on either side of (228) 290-9896, in number order.
When the calls came
Time of day of 3 calls:
Day of the week of 3 calls; most often Thursday (2):
The date and time of the call as complainants entered them on the FTC form; the time zone isn't recorded. Times entered as exactly midnight or noon are left out (they're usually the form's default).
Location
- Rate centre (NANPA abbreviation)
- PASSCHRSTN, MS, USA
- Block assigned to
- Onvoy, 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.
3 of 3 complainants (100%) have area code 228, the number's own. Scam callers often show a local-looking number (“neighbour spoofing”); a local business calling nearby customers looks the same.
All 3 FTC complainants were in Mississippi. Statewide, Mississippi ranks #41 of the 50 states and DC for Do Not Call complaints per resident: 16,648 in the last 12 months, 563.5 per 100,000 people. Spam calls in Mississippi.
Where FTC complainants were located (U.S. states):
- Mississippi 3 · 100%
Complainants' cities:
Biloxi, MS (3)
As typed on the FTC form, with spelling variants merged; complaints without a city aren't counted.
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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 (228) 290-9896
- Who called me from (228) 290-9896?
- No complaint names the caller; FTC complainants most often said the calls were about dropped calls or silence. The number is in a block assigned to Onvoy, LLC (rate centre PASSCHRSTN, MS) (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 (228) 290-9896 a scam?
- Canadial rates it medium risk, from 3 complaints, latest Oct 16, 2025, 100% robocalls.
- Is (228) 290-9896 a debt collector or collection agency?
- Nothing says it is: none of its 3 complaints describe debt collection.
- Should I call (228) 290-9896 back?
- No. Calling back can confirm that your line is answered. If the caller claimed to be a company or agency you deal with, contact it on a number you find yourself.
- How many times has (228) 290-9896 been reported?
- 3 complaints to the U.S. FTC's Do Not Call registry between Aug 19, 2025 and Oct 16, 2025.
- What do callers from (228) 290-9896 say?
- 3 of its 3 FTC complaints (100%) are about dropped calls or silence, against 15% of the 17,486 FTC complaints about all numbers in area code 228.
- When does (228) 290-9896 call?
- In FTC complaints, the most common day was Thursday (2 of 3).
Data updated: FTC complaints through Nov 13, 2026; numbering records as of Nov 3, 2026; community reports live. How this page is built.