Scams - Neighbor to Neighbor in the Nenes

SCAMS

The over-65 crowd is a prime target for scammers. Older adults lose an estimated $2.9 billion each year to financial scams. Here are some tips to avoid falling prey to their increasingly sophisticated ploys.

Things to remember about Medicare:

Medicare will never contact you for your Medicare number or other personal information unless you’ve given them permission in advance.
Medicare will never call to sell you anything.
You may get calls from people promising you things if you give them a Medicare number. Don’t do it.
Medicare will never visit you at your home.
Medicare can’t enroll you over the phone unless you called first.

The following are excellent web pages about scams:

Phone scams - https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2019/phone.html
How to Report a Scam - https://www.usa.gov/common-scams-frauds
Fraud and scams - https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/fraud/
10 New Year's Resolutions to Scam-Proof Your Life (still good information today) - https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2020/new-years-scam-resolutions.html

And last but not least, if your grandchildren call needing money because of a crisis, CALL THEM BACK FIRST OR CALL THEIR PARENTS!

June 2021