Beware of Medicare Open Enrollment Scams
The open enrollment period for Medicare is between October 15th and December 7th.
Medicare scams are common during this time. Medicare is not issuing new cards to Medicare recipients at this time and they will never contact you by phone and ask for your Medicare number. Steve Weisman, in his daily post on Scamicide.com, writes that “Medicare is not issuing new cards to Medicare recipients at this time and they will never contact you by phone and ask for your Medicare number. Never give personal information to anyone who calls you on the phone because you can never be sure who is actually on the other end of the line.”
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