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Caution phoney Medicare Scam
Past month I hv received on my cell multiple calls actually from the real Medicare 800 number which I had previously saved. When I answer,get a delay I hang up. First time it happened I waited called Medicare on same number. Told them, they assured me that they never call anyone. Five minutes ago got another Medicare care call. Decided to wait. After delay female w accent informs me she is calling to offer a better Medicare plan as she continues requesting my info I interrupt her and ask what state are you calling from. She says, Florida. I said where in Fl? She said Miami. I said please give me your Miami Street address. Minor delay.. she said she can not... I said I hope you rot in hell for trying to rip off the elderly and anyone else.
This is a good forum to warn everyone Medicare does NOT call anyone. |
Don't answer those calls.Sometimes the longer they can keep you on the line the more they can charge you on your long distance bill.
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In spite of signing up on the Do Not Call Registry (numerous times now) and downloading NOMOROBO (a little better luck with this)...I still get lots of unwanted calls. :mad:
So I've simply resorted to an antiquated technology (albeit seemingly vastly underutilized, if my observations in public are any indication) called...voicemail. :D If the call doesn't show as one of my contacts, then I will check later...to see if they've left a message. If it wasn't important enough for them to leave me a message, it certainly wasn't important enough for me...to answer it in real time. :ho: As for the OP's comment that the number comes up as a legitimate Medicare number, I'm not sure what you can do about that...except the voicemail route. :shrug: |
I agree, we are going to go to the voicemail route, sad commentary on the situation today.
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Any unkowns, not in contacts, do not answer. If the unkowns are legitimate (and some are) they will leave a voice mail.
Do not call lists just simply do not work. The robo caller techies are just too smart to be stopped by such a mundane concept as mass blocking....based on my experience. |
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No matter how cute you think you’re being when you answer a scam call, you’ve already made mistake #1...answering the call.
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