Here's Who Keeps Sending Robocalls To Sacramento Area

SACRAMENTO, CA – If you think you're receiving robocalls now more than ever, you're not wrong. According to the robocall blocker YouMail, pre-recorded phone messages are at an all-time high -- amounting to more than 12 calls per person last month in one local area code.

There were 3.36 billion robocalls last month in the U.S., 6.5 percent higher than the previous record and a whopping 34 percent higher than April 2017.

With more than 384 million received robocalls, California earned the top spot for most robocalled state, and both Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area made the top 10 list of most robocalled cities in the U.S.

Here's how that breaks down for one month -- April 2018 -- in the Sacramento region in area codes 530 and 916. (Although area code 279 received robocalls, the zone was not large enough to provide conclusive data, YouMail said.)

• Area code: 530
• Total robocalls: 7.8 million
• Population affected: 1.3 million
• Average calls per person: 6.1

• Among the Top 10 robocallers last month:

• 800-955-6600 Capital One Payments/Collections Payments/Debt
• 980-242-3698 Health Insurance Spam Call
• 773-273-6136 Health Insurance Spam Call
• 973-854-0915 Real Estate Purchase Spam/ Real Estate Telemarketing
• 800-942-3767 Substitute Teacher Notification/ Job Availability Call

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• Area code: 916
• Total robocalls: 18.6 million
• Population affected: 1.5 million
• Average calls per person: 12.2
• Among the Top 10 robocallers last month:

• 415-236-4010 HVAC Scam/ Unknown Robocaller
• 916-502-9390 Prison Free Call/ Unknown Robocaller
• 773-273-6136 Health Insurance Spam Call
• 213-306-1507 Business Loan Approved Scam/ Business Loan Scam
• 973-854-0915 Real Estate Purchase Spam' Real Estate Telemarketing

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Here are the states that received the most robocalls, as well as how many they received:

1. California, 384.4 million
2. Texas, 363.3 million
3. Florida, 261.1 million
4. Georgia, 213.6 million
5. New York, 207.8 million
6. Illinois, 134.6 million
7. Ohio, 115.8 million
8. Pennsylvania, 115.4 million
9. North Carolina, 111 million
10. Louisiana, 97.6 million
11. Michigan, 89.7 million
12. Tennessee, 88.3 million
13. New Jersey, 84.3 million
14. Virginia, 83 million
15. Maryland, 79 million
16. Alabama, 77.9 million
17. South Carolina, 64.4 million
18. Arizona, 60 million
19. Missouri, 51.7 million
20. Indiana, 51 million

Atlanta received the dubious honor of most robocalled city in America for the 29th straight month. People in that city received nearly 148 million robocalls last month and three Atlanta area codes cracked the top 20 most robocalled area code list.

Here are the top 10 most robocalled cities:

1. Atlanta, GA
2. Dallas, TX
3. New York, NY
4. Los Angeles, CA
5. Chicago, IL
6. Houston, TX
7. Baltimore, MD
8. Philadelphia, PA
9. San Francisco Bay Area, CA
10. Newark, NJ

The company says 47 of the 50 most robocalled cities in the country saw a higher robocalling volume in April. The increase comes even as lawmakers, consumer groups, telecommunications carriers and device makers pay closer attention to illegal calls.

"Despite the best efforts of regulators, industry groups, service providers, and app developers, we are warning consumers to remain vigilant by not picking up any calls from unfamiliar numbers, using robocall blocking apps, and researching numbers before calling them back," YouMail CEO Alex Quilici said in a release.

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-Patch reporter Dan Hampton contributed to this report/Photo credit: Shutterstock