Victim Location 43939
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
I’ve been getting calls from area code 769, the callers are foreign, they call all day and all night. One of the callers said I should be on Medicare or Medicaid and another trying to sell me life insurance. They are calling from a boiler room.
Victim Location 98902
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
Asked for my age and info for new medicare perks
Victim Location 30809
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
Pretending to be Medicare and offering services for the elderly. Will come out and be an assistant them. Also offering diabetes products telling me my Dr will pay for the product.
Victim Location 22901
Type of a scam Other
My parents received several phone calls within a 4 hr period asking if they had received their blue or red medicare card. First call was from a woman with a number that was local to their area in VA. Voice had heavy accent and there was loud music playing in the background. Second call was from a man with a number in CA. Voice with heavy accent and loud music playing in the background. The VA number has called a second time by the time I’m writing this. Luckily, my father did not let the call progress and hung up. He phoned me to see if I could find anything on the internet. Although no personal information exchanged, the caller did know my father’s name and address. From what I’ve found, no unsolicited calls should be made from government agency.
Victim Location 76305
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
I got a call from someone saying I was going to be taken off of medicare.
Victim Location 34688
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
I was contacted by a "Medicare" representative who knew that I have back issues and have received a back brace in the past. He claimed that Medicare is going to send me a new one. When he asked for my new Medicare ID, I asked him why he was requesting it, since he’s calling from Medicare. He said that they had my old number and needed to verify with my new number. Needless to say, I told him that I wouldn’t do that and to give me a number to call back, on my own. He gave me another number which was not on the caller ID he called me on. As follows
561-218-4151.
Victim Location 16510
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
"Hello, my name is Christie from the Medicare Office. Can you hear me?"
As soon as I answered "yes" the call ended. So, what did I sign up for, and am I going to be targeted in the future because of the "yes" answer?
Victim Location 44601
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
I received a phone call from a man who said he was from Medicare. He said Medicare needed to verify my information to be sure their’s was correct. He asked me to read off all the information on my card. I (foolishly) did as he asked…including my social security number. Once he got my information, he said, "That’s all I need." and ended our conversation. Shortly afterwards, I realized I had made a mistake; but, it was too late.
Once we realized my mistake, we started the process to protect me from financial fraud and identity theft. We contacted my bank, the credit reporting agencies, the ScamPulse.com and the local police. I also wanted awareness of this type of fraud, so that others might not be taken in by this scammer.
Victim Location 44720
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
I received a phone call saying there is legal action against my Social Security. I called the phone number back explaining that I’m not of age for SS, he preceded to ask for my SS#, 3 times he asked me for my number and I explained that I wasn’t that stupid to give it over the phone, he hung up on me. The phone number 863-440-5635 is where the call came from.
Victim Location 44703
Type of a scam Healthcare/Medicaid/Medicare
Received a letter in the mail that looked like it was from Medicare, with a new card and they gave an 888-898-5181 number to call. When you call the number they want you to sign up with First Alert with a monthly fee of $49. This is not a new Medicare card and has no affiliation with Medicare.