(718) 685-3596
(718) 685-3596 is likely a scam: 3 FTC complaints, 100% recorded messages, mostly about impersonating a government agency, business or relative.
- No new complaints since Aug 1, 2025 (FTC data through Nov 13, 2026).
- More FTC complaints than 96% of the 21,596 numbers with FTC complaints in area code 718.
- No number in the 718-685 block has more complaints; 49 numbers there have FTC complaints.
Complaint history
3 FTC complaints between Feb 19, 2024 and Aug 1, 2025.
The FTC complaints came in 3 of the 19 months from Feb 2024 to Aug 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 impersonating a government agency, business or relative, against 21% of the 26,005 FTC complaints about all numbers in area code 718.
Complaint categories chosen by FTC complainants:
- Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends 3 · 100%
Who called
The number's block is assigned to Tc Systems, Inc..
Is it a debt collector?
Nothing says it is: none of its 3 complaints describe debt collection.
Nearby numbers in 718-685
49 numbers in 718-685 have 54 FTC complaints between them (61% robocalls), 3 of them about (718) 685-3596. The commonest categories in the block: Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends (20%), Medical & prescriptions (15%), Dropped call or no message (13%).
The closest reported numbers on either side of (718) 685-3596, in number order.
All reported numbers in 718-685 →When the calls came
Time of day of 3 calls:
Day of the week of 3 calls; most often Monday (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)
- NWYRCYZN08, NY, USA
- Block assigned to
- Tc Systems, 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.
3 of 3 complainants (100%) have area code 718, 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 New York. Statewide, New York ranks #43 of the 50 states and DC for Do Not Call complaints per resident: 106,927 in the last 12 months, 534.6 per 100,000 people. Spam calls in New York.
Where FTC complainants were located (U.S. states):
- New York 3 · 100%
Complainants' cities:
Bayside, NY (1) · Elmhurst, NY (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 (718) 685-3596
- Who called me from (718) 685-3596?
- No complaint names the caller; FTC complainants most often said the calls were about impersonating a government agency, business or relative. The number is in a block assigned to Tc Systems, Inc. (rate centre NWYRCYZN08, NY) (NANPA, Nov 3, 2026); numbers can move between carriers, so the caller's provider may differ.
- Is (718) 685-3596 a scam?
- Canadial rates it medium risk, from 3 complaints, latest Aug 1, 2025, 100% robocalls.
- Is (718) 685-3596 a debt collector or collection agency?
- Nothing says it is: none of its 3 complaints describe debt collection.
- Should I call (718) 685-3596 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 (718) 685-3596 been reported?
- 3 complaints to the U.S. FTC's Do Not Call registry between Feb 19, 2024 and Aug 1, 2025.
- What do callers from (718) 685-3596 say?
- 3 of its 3 FTC complaints (100%) are about impersonating a government agency, business or relative, against 21% of the 26,005 FTC complaints about all numbers in area code 718.
- When does (718) 685-3596 call?
- In FTC complaints, the most common day was Monday (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.