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cbabe

(5,240 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 01:58 PM Monday

Scam Medicare calls. They say you need a new 2025 card. False. No such thing.

Hang up and call the real Medicare to report.

Also report to federal trade commission 1.877.382.4357.

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Scam Medicare calls. They say you need a new 2025 card. False. No such thing. (Original Post) cbabe Monday OP
thank AllaN01Bear Monday #1
Thanks .....posted on bluesky vapor2 Monday #2
What exactly am I supposed to report? Random Boomer Monday #3
Call Medicare and ask them. Also the do not call list? cbabe Monday #4
I've been on the Do Not Call list for at least 5 years Random Boomer Monday #7
If i pick up there is a sound like, boop, i hang up. Srkdqltr Monday #6
Those calls have been going on for the last 6-8 years. Along with other calls Srkdqltr Monday #5

Random Boomer

(4,341 posts)
3. What exactly am I supposed to report?
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:06 PM
Monday

That I received a scam Medicare call from some unknown location in India, Pakistan or other foreign country?

Or that I received yet another Advantage Medicare call that may or may not be a scam? But I'd have to listen to their whole spiel before I can even begin to tell.

I get at least 4 or 5 of these calls per day. For years. It's so bad I recognize the automated voices of several of the same outfits. "Hello? Are you there?" Saves time because I can just hang up.

Random Boomer

(4,341 posts)
7. I've been on the Do Not Call list for at least 5 years
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 03:31 PM
Monday

Perhaps it does cut down on overall calls, but only from legitimate companies. The scammers ignore it, and many other organizations are exempt.

And no, I'm not going to call some beleaguered understaffed Medicare department to tell them that I received some call that can't be traced. All they can do is confirm it was not from Medicare, and I already know that.

Srkdqltr

(8,643 posts)
5. Those calls have been going on for the last 6-8 years. Along with other calls
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 03:07 PM
Monday

supposedly from Medicare. Hang up.

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