(800) 266-2278: reported for unwanted calls
Also written 8002662278, 800-266-2278 and +1 800 266 2278
Bewary verdict
Unknownp_scam0.2000
Complaints
14complaints on 7 days
Complaints a day, last 90 days
1 a day at most
Aug 5Nov 2
| Aug 11, 2026: 1 |
| Aug 12, 2026: 1 |
| Sep 18, 2026: 1 |
What people reported
- Prerecorded calls
- 17%
- Live calls
- 1393%
Where the people who complained live
- New Jersey
- 321%
- Pennsylvania
- 214%
- Washington D.C.
- 17%
- Florida
- 17%
- Illinois
- 17%
First reportDec 11, 2025
Last reportSep 18, 2026
Reported call times
50% of the calls with a time came between 11 am and 2 pm, and 100% came Monday to Friday.
Hour of day, as reported in complaints
Busiest around 11 am
12 am6 am12 pm6 pm
| 8 am: 2 |
| 10 am: 1 |
| 11 am: 3 |
| 12 pm: 1 |
| 1 pm: 3 |
| 2 pm: 1 |
| 4 pm: 3 |
By day of the week
Most timed calls: Tuesdays
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
| Monday: 1 |
| Tuesday: 5 |
| Wednesday: 1 |
| Thursday: 3 |
| Friday: 4 |
About the number
What to do
- Hang up at any time, especially if the caller pressures you to decide on the spot.
- Do not give a code, password or card details to someone who called you.
- If they claim to represent a bank, company or government office, hang up. Call the number on your statement or their website.
- Report the call to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
- Block the number on your phone.
Look up (800) 266-2278 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/%2B18002662278"import requests
r = requests.get("https://api.bewary.app/v1/phone/%2B18002662278", timeout=10)
result = r.json()
print(result["verdict"], result["p_scam"], result["reason_codes"])const res = await fetch("https://api.bewary.app/v1/phone/%2B18002662278")
const result = await res.json()
console.log(result.verdict, result.p_scam, result.reason_codes) Response, November 2, 2026
{ "verdict": "unknown", "p_scam": 0.2, "reason_codes": [], "facts": { "e164": "+18002662278", "number_type": "toll_free", "complaints": { "ftc": { "count": 8, "days": 7, "last_at": "2026-09-18T00:00:00Z", "robocall_share": 0.125 }, "fcc": { "count": 6, "days": 6, "last_at": "2026-07-30T00:00:00Z", "robocall_share": 0 } } }}More reported 800 numbers
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Sources
Complaints consumers filed with the FCC and FTC, Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 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.