Here's Who Keeps Sending Robocalls To Illinois

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.

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.

In Illinois, resident received tens of million of robocalls in April. Illinois was also No. 6 on a list of states receiving the most robocalls, and Chicago came in at No. 5 among big cities. Here's how it breaks down for area codes in northern Illinois:

• Area code: 312 (Chicago, including the Loop and Near North Side)
  • Total robocalls: 15.2 million
  • Population affected: 2.9 million
  • Average calls per person: 5.2
  • top five robocallers last month:

1. 800-955-6600 - Capital One Payments/Collections, Payments/Debt
2. 866-718-4777 - Securus Inmate, Prison Scam
3. 217-481-8167 - Religious Spam, Unknown Robocaller
4. 800-266-2278 - Comcast Customer Service/Bill Collector, Cable Company Debt Collection
5. 800-321-9637 - Exeter Debt Collection, Auto Loan Debt Collection

• Area code: 630 (near and far western suburbs including Cook County, DuPage County and Kendall County)
  • Total robocalls: 14.7 Million
  • Population affected: 1.6 Million
  • Average calls per person: 9.4
  • top five robocallers last month:

1. 513-831-2600 - Total Quality Logistics, Job Availability Call
2. 877-795-9819 - Optimum Outcomes, Payments/Debt
3. 980-242-3698, Health Insurance Spam
4. 630-492-8297 - Business Loan Scam, Unknown Robocaller
5. 800-955-6600 - Capital One Payments/Collections, Payments/Debt

• Area code: 708 (Southland and suburbs including Oak Park, Oak Lawn, Chicago Heights and Orland Park)
  • Total robocalls: 19.5 Million
  • Population affected: 1.7 Million
  • Average calls per person: 11.2
  • top five robocallers last month:

1. 800-955-6600 - Capital One Payments/Collections, Payments/Debt
2. 866-890-3387 - First Premier Bank Debt Collection, Bank Debt Collection
3. 800-266-2278 - Comcast Customer Service/Bill Collector, Cable Company Debt Collection
4. 980-242-3698, Health Insurance Spam[Robocaller] [Caller ID ] [Caller Type]
5. 773-273-6136, Health Insurance Spam

• Area code: 815 (most of northern Illinois outside Chicago, including Joliet, Plainfield, Romeoville, Lockport, Shorewood, Channahon, Minooka, New Lenox, Manhattan, Crystal Lake)
  • Total robocalls: 9.8 Million
  • Population affected: 1.5 Million
  • Average calls per person: 6.4
  • top five robocallers last month:

1. 800-955-6600 - Capital One Payments/Collections, Payments/Debt
2. 800-266-2278 - Comcast Customer Service/Bill Collector, Cable Company Debt Collection
3. 980-242-3698 - Health Insurance Spam
4. 630-492-8297 - Business Loan Scam, Unknown Robocaller
5. 217-801-9331 - Verizon Wireless, Unknown Robocaller

• Area code: 773 (Most of Chicago, except the Loop)
  • Total robocalls: 35.8 Million
  • Population affected: 3.1 Million
  • Average calls per person: 11.6
  • top five robocallers last month:

1. 866-718-4777 - Securus Inmate, Prison Scam
2. 800-955-6600 - Capital One Payments/Collections, Payments/Debt
3. 800-266-2278 - Comcast Customer Service/Bill Collector, Cable Company Debt Collection
4. 773-553-5700 - Chicago Public Schools Information Line, School Informational Message
5. 773-273-6136 - Health Insurance Spam Health

• Area code: 847 (North and northwest suburbs of Chicago including all of Lake County, part of McHenry County, northern Cook County, and northeastern Kane County)
  • Total robocalls: 11.8 Million
  • Population affected: 1.9 Million
  • Average calls per person: 6.3
  • top five robocallers last month:

1. 800-266-2278 - Comcast Customer Service/Bill Collector, Cable Company Debt Collection
2. 630-492-8297 - Business Loan Scam, Unknown Robocaller
3. 980-242-3698 - Health Insurance Spam, Health Insurance Spam Call
4. 773-273-6136 - Health Insurance Spam
5. 800-955-6600 - Capital One Payments/Collections, Payments/Debt

With more than 384 million received robocalls, California earned the top spot for most robocalled state, followed by Texas with 363.3 million.

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.

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