(240) 201-5299
(240) 201-5299 has 1 FTC complaint.
Most common complaint: debt relief (100% of FTC complaints).
- No new complaints since Jan 24, 2025 (FTC data through Nov 13, 2026).
Complaint history
1 FTC complaint on Jan 24, 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:
- Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans) 1 · 100%
Who called
The number's block is assigned to Peerless Network of Maryland, LLC.
Is it a debt collector?
Nothing says it is: its one complaint doesn't describe debt collection; 1 (100% of FTC complaints) are about debt relief, which means offers to reduce credit card, loan or other debt. That's a sales pitch, not a collector asking you to pay a debt you owe.
Part of a group of similar numbers
(240) 201-5299 is one of 14 numbers in 240-201 first reported to the FTC for “Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)” calls between Jan 13, 2025 and Jan 30, 2025, 18 complaints in all; most from California (22%), Florida (11%), Alabama (6%).
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.
Nearby numbers in 240-201
534 numbers in 240-201 have 856 FTC complaints between them (59% robocalls), 1 of them about (240) 201-5299. The commonest categories in the block: Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans) (16%), Dropped call or no message (16%).
The closest reported numbers on either side of (240) 201-5299, in number order.
Location
- Rate centre (NANPA abbreviation)
- RIDGE, MD, USA
- Block assigned to
- Peerless Network of Maryland, 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 Massachusetts. Statewide, Massachusetts ranks #29 of the 50 states and DC for Do Not Call complaints per resident: 49,266 in the last 12 months, 688.6 per 100,000 people. Spam calls in Massachusetts.
Where FTC complainants were located (U.S. states):
- Massachusetts 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 (240) 201-5299
- Who called me from (240) 201-5299?
- No complaint names the caller. The number is in a block assigned to Peerless Network of Maryland, LLC (rate centre RIDGE, MD) (NANPA, Nov 3, 2026); numbers can move between carriers, so the caller's provider may differ. It's one of 14 numbers in the same block first reported for the same kind of call within days of each other, likely one operation.
- Is (240) 201-5299 a scam?
- Canadial rates it low risk, from 1 complaint, latest Jan 24, 2025.
- Is (240) 201-5299 a debt collector or collection agency?
- Nothing says it is: its one complaint doesn't describe debt collection; 1 (100% of FTC complaints) are about debt relief, which means offers to reduce credit card, loan or other debt. That's a sales pitch, not a collector asking you to pay a debt you owe.
- Should I call (240) 201-5299 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 (240) 201-5299 been reported?
- 1 complaint to the U.S. FTC's Do Not Call registry on Jan 24, 2025.
- What do callers from (240) 201-5299 say?
- The most common complaint category is "Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)" (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.