(256) 274-0005: reported as a contact number given in unwanted calls
Also written 2562740005, 256-274-0005 and +1 256 274 0005
Bewary verdict
Complaints naming this number as a contact
The last report was on Jul 21, 2026.
Where the people who complained live
- North Carolina
- 1588%
- Alabama
- 212%
Most of the people who complained live outside Alabama, the state the number's area code serves.
Reported call times
56% of the calls with a time came between 3 pm and 6 pm, and 88% came Monday to Friday.
Hour of day, as reported in complaints
| 8 am: 1 |
| 9 am: 1 |
| 11 am: 1 |
| 12 pm: 1 |
| 2 pm: 2 |
| 3 pm: 3 |
| 4 pm: 3 |
| 5 pm: 3 |
| 6 pm: 1 |
By day of the week
| Monday: 1 |
| Tuesday: 4 |
| Wednesday: 6 |
| Friday: 4 |
| Saturday: 1 |
| Sunday: 1 |
Caller IDs listed in these complaints
Caller ID can be faked. These numbers may belong to people who did not make the calls.
About the number
What to do
- Do not call this number because a call or a text told you to.
- If you already called, do not give a code, a password, card details or remote access to your computer.
- If you paid a scammer by card, contact your card issuer, report the charge as fraudulent and ask them to reverse it.
- Report the call or text to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
- Block the number on your phone.
Look up (256) 274-0005 in your app
Bewary's phone number lookup returns the country and number type. The MCP tool lookup_phone runs the same check. Phone number scam lookup API · This answer as JSON
curl "https://api.bewary.app/v1/phone/%2B12562740005"import requests
r = requests.get("https://api.bewary.app/v1/phone/%2B12562740005", timeout=10)
result = r.json()
print(result["verdict"], result["p_scam"], result["reason_codes"])const res = await fetch("https://api.bewary.app/v1/phone/%2B12562740005")
const result = await res.json()
console.log(result.verdict, result.p_scam, result.reason_codes){ "verdict": "unknown", "p_scam": 0.2, "reason_codes": [], "facts": { "e164": "+12562740005", "number_type": "unknown", "complaints": { "ftc": null, "fcc": null, "pushed_by": { "reports": 17, "days": 12, "callers": 12, "last_at": "2026-07-21T00:00:00Z" } } }}More reported 256 numbers
Sources
Complaints consumers filed with the FCC, Apr 1, 2026 to Jul 21, 2026. Bewary counts the reports and does not check each one. Scammers can fake the number that shows on your phone, so a reported number may belong to someone who never called you.