If you or your loved ones are Diabetes patients, please beware when you/they pick up the phone. Calls claiming to be from Medicare are not. If they offer you/them free glucose meters or diabetic test strips, that’s a red flag, because Medicare never makes calls offering supplies or services.
Gary Cantrell is deputy inspector general for investigations with HHS’ Office of the Inspector General.
“The scammers sometimes use names like “MED-‘EE’-CARE, or “MED-“UH’-CARE, “MEDIC-CARE,” in order to trick the listener.”
The number one no-no is giving your away personal information over the phone.
“Don’t provide callers with your Medicare number, bank account information, or credit card numbers.”
If you think you’re the target of a scam, report to the OIG hotline,
at 1-800-HHS-TIPS.
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