I just got a call from Medicare, unsolicited, and want to warn others. The caller was a woman who sounded like she had made a thousand phone calls today. She wasn't necessarily old but just very tired sounding and announced that she was calling from Medicare. I said at first, as I say to other robo calls, even from those *to whom we donate: * "we don't do anything over the phone" or "I don't answer these calls" and she said "You just did." I was on alert because yesterday I had a call from a friend from out of town who had recently been scammed by an alert on her computer from Medicare which said "there is a problem, do not close your computer, and gave a phone no. to call, WHICH SHE DID, unfortunately. It led to her losing money. So I hung up on this person and am writing to alert you to not engage with someone from Medicare unless they sent a letter in advance or you initiated the call. They only have to succeed with a small fraction of people in order to succeed. We all trust Medicare and scammers know this.
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Susan Ryan