(618) 523-1978
3 people reported this number to the FTC’s Do Not Call list in the last 12 months, most often as “Reducing your debt”.
Reported by the people who got the calls; the FTC does not check each report. Scammers can show any number, so a real person’s number can be reported too.
- complaints in 12 months
- 3
- said it was a recording
- 100%
- first reported
- April 10, 2026
- last reported
- April 13, 2026
Complaints over the last 12 months
No complaints in the last three months.
Show as a table
| Month | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 0 |
| Jul 2026 | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 0 |
| Sep 2026 | 0 |
| Oct 2026 | 0 |
What people reported it as
People pick a subject from the FTC’s list when they report a call. Share of all 3 complaints counted since April 10, 2026:
| Reducing your debt | 67% |
|---|---|
| Pretending to be the government, a business or family | 33% |
Most complaints came from California, Georgia, Pennsylvania.
What to do about calls from this number
- Don’t call back a number you don’t know.
- Never give a code, a password, card details or money to a caller you didn’t expect. Hang up and call the company on the number you know.
- Block the number in your phone’s recent calls.
- Report it to the FTC: reportfraud.ftc.gov
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Where this comes from
The FTC publishes the Do Not Call complaints it gets each weekday: the number that called, the day, the subject picked and the reporter’s state. We count them per number for the last 12 months, through . Nothing on this page comes from Vicem’s own calls. FTC Do Not Call data
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