Medicare Number Scam - I fell for it! [View all]
Got a call from someone who said they were from our local pharmacy, which they mentioned by name. They said they were updating their records and proceeded to ask me a few questions, like who my primary doctor was. When I said Dr. Soandso, they said, Dr. Mary Soandso? I said yes and answered several more questions because I thought this person was legitimate.
When they asked for my Medicare No., I gave I to them. When they asked for my height and weight, I gave it to them.
What finally woke me up was when they asked me if I had any medical problems, and then named a few … bad back … bad joints … etc. I said I had arthritis in my knee, and he offered to send me knee braces AT NO COST TO ME!
Well, that's when I realized what a fool I’d been, hung up, googled Medicare fraud, and called 1-800-Medicare. The person I talked to was very kind and professional. They offered to start the process to give me a new number, or flag my number so that they could monitor it for fraud. I decided to keep my number for now.
That's where I am now. Feeling like a fool a hoping that I didn’t give out so much info that someone could fake an ID and charge my account for all sorts of things.
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