(516) 831-9628
(516) 831-9628 has 1 FTC complaint and 1 FCC complaint.
Most common complaint: debt relief (100% of FTC complaints).
- No new complaints since Apr 3, 2025 (FTC data through Nov 13, 2026).
Complaint history
1 FTC complaint on Mar 26, 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.
Complaints to the FCC
1 complaint to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Apr 3, 2025.
The complainant heard a recorded message. They filed it as unwanted calls (1). Complainants were in New York (1).
Source: FCC Consumer Help Center, Consumer Complaints Data (public domain), complaints about unwanted calls, telemarketing and robocalls. The FCC doesn't verify the facts alleged in complaints, and neither do we.
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 Peering Hub, Inc..
Is it a debt collector?
Nothing says it is: none of its 2 complaints 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
(516) 831-9628 is one of 272 numbers in 516-831 first reported to the FTC for “Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)” calls between Mar 12, 2025 and May 19, 2025, 395 complaints in all; most from California (12%), Texas (9%), Florida (9%).
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 516-831
538 numbers in 516-831 have 794 FTC complaints between them (92% robocalls), 1 of them about (516) 831-9628. The commonest categories in the block: Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans) (68%), Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends (4%).
The closest reported numbers on either side of (516) 831-9628, in number order.
Location
- Rate centre (NANPA abbreviation)
- NASSAUZN08, NY, USA
- Block assigned to
- Peering Hub, Inc.
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 California. Statewide, California ranks #26 of the 50 states and DC for Do Not Call complaints per resident: 283,769 in the last 12 months, 721 per 100,000 people. Spam calls in California.
Where FTC complainants were located (U.S. states):
- California 1 · 100%
Complainants' cities:
San Francisco, CA (1)
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 (516) 831-9628
- Who called me from (516) 831-9628?
- No complaint names the caller. The number is in a block assigned to Peering Hub, Inc. (rate centre NASSAUZN08, NY) (NANPA, Nov 3, 2026); numbers can move between carriers, so the caller's provider may differ. It's one of 272 numbers in the same block first reported for the same kind of call within days of each other, likely one operation.
- Is (516) 831-9628 a scam?
- Canadial rates it low risk, from 2 complaints, latest Apr 3, 2025.
- Is (516) 831-9628 a debt collector or collection agency?
- Nothing says it is: none of its 2 complaints 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 (516) 831-9628 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 (516) 831-9628 been reported?
- 1 complaint to the U.S. FTC's Do Not Call registry on Mar 26, 2025 and 1 complaint to the U.S. FCC on Apr 3, 2025.
- What do callers from (516) 831-9628 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; FCC complaints refreshed daily; numbering records as of Nov 3, 2026; community reports live. How this page is built.