Area Code 929 Scams and Spam Calls

they claim to be fraud prevention with FDIC

6 days ago

A voice mail that said this is Citibank.We identified a transaction that may not have been authorized by you and is currently being processed to help safeguard your account please press 9 to be connected to a representative.

August 21, 2026

Claims to be a debt collector. Asked for someone I do not know. Fake as the day is long

August 21, 2026

JP Morgan Chase less than a minute ago Caller claimed suspected fraud/identity theft of a credit card. Gave me all the information to make a police report to NYPD. Once they transfered me to "NYPD" I asked for the phone number in case we were disconnected. "NYPD" promptly hung up. New play on an old scam.

August 10, 2026

Claimed they are going to seize my assets. I have no idea who these folks are, and I don't owe any money.

August 06, 2026

Went directly to voicemail. Never rang. Played an electronic music loop for 30 seconds. I have had 3 such calls now, one each in June, July and tonight, August 5.

August 05, 2026

Voice message claims someone buying a play station for $900 on my Walmart account and wanted me press one to cancel the order

August 05, 2026

Claimed to be Citibank about Fraud and wanted me to press 9 for be connected to a service rep.

August 04, 2026

just called my home and I do not know him. Indian voice

August 03, 2026

-no pick up on other end-just lots of voices in the background

July 29, 2026

They claimed that someone had opened a virtual card in my name a few days ago and had recently used it to purchase a gun.

July 29, 2026

Lauren Mendez said she was from Am Ex Fraud Dept & someone had opened account in my name and purchased illegal guns & ammo. She said NYPD must be contacted within 2 hours or Homeland Security would surround my home & seize all my assets. She said she'd transfer me & was adamant I use her transfer # instead of calling direct, which I told her I'd do. She kept insisting. She called back 5 minutes later, then hung up.

July 23, 2026

Anthony Jensen (WFBID 05105) pretending to be a Wells Fargo Bank representative using WFB phone number 650-855-7515. His associate Johan Romero (email johan15ev@hotmail.com) claiming that my account was compromised and scammed me $1K through Zelle. Beware of these calls.

July 20, 2026

They claimed someone in Texas was request a credit card with my SSN 3 days ago. Then they transferred me to the manager in New York.

July 15, 2026

Left no message so i blocked them. Anything out of New York is a scam.

July 09, 2026

No message left. Believe it is a scammer

June 28, 2026

wanted to know who used this number and said Happy Thursday

June 25, 2026

This is a Scam Call saying they are from Citibank. I do not have a relationship with them at all and never have.

November 25, 2025

Impersonator

September 15, 2025

Coinbase scammer. Sends out fake multi-factor auth numbers

August 06, 2025

Area Code 929 Information

Area code 929 belongs to NEW YORK, UNITED STATES. It is a General Purpose Code which was placed in service on 2011-04-16.

Type General Purpose Code
Use Geograpic
Location NEW YORK
Country UNITED STATES
Service Date 2011-04-16
Service