[NFBNJ] NFBNJ: Fed: Medicare Scam - Be Alert!

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>From the desk of President, Joe Ruffalo.
Received and request for distribution from Alice Eaddy, Secretary, NFBNJ.
 
Subject: Fwd: Medicare Scam - Be Alert!
 
Spreading this important information received from the Professionals Serving the DeafBlind Community list: 

Medicare Fraud Alert - Read & Heed!

Verified atmedicare.org 

Please share this with people who have Medicare, their families and friends or adult kids who help parents with Medicare: 

Have just gotten word about the newest Medicare scam. 

Here's what you need to know to protect yourself, family and friends throughout the US: 

Starting 4/1/18, Medicare will start a year-long project to replace all current Medicare cards  with cards with alphanumeric ID numbers. Currently the ID number is your social security number. The new Medicare card will come to you in the mail. You don't need to request it or do anything. It will show up. 

WHAT'S THE SCAM? 

Somebody from "MEDICARE" will call to tell you that you are getting a new Medicare card, but until it comes you will need a temporary card. The fee for this "temporary" card is between 5-50 dollars. They want personal information, bank account or credit card so they can process your temporary card. 

THINGS TO REMEMBER 

Medicare will never call you unless you ask them to. 

Medicare does all communications by mail unless you ask them to call. 

Ditto for anybody saying they "work with Medicare to make sure you get everything you are entitled to"  - Scammer alert !!

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS ONE? 

First of all spread the word. Feel free to share these notes. 

Use your answering machine to screen calls or just don't even answer a number you don't recognize. 

If it has happened to you or your friends or loved ones, and personal info has been given out (happens considerably more often than you think, so don't feel bad or stupid) immediately take action to protect yourself against identity theft. 

-end-  



Forwarded by, 



Alice Eaddy Secretary, 
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
 (856)765-0601
 nfbnj.secretary at aol.com 

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou 


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