{"id":11570,"date":"2018-09-21T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11570"},"modified":"2018-09-21T10:02:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:02:04","slug":"hang-up-on-medicare-card-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11570","title":{"rendered":"Hang up on Medicare card scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; www.consumer.ftc.gov\/blog)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #595959; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-line; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Scammers follow the news \u2013 and the money. A few months ago,<\/span><u style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #595959; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-line; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/blog\/2018\/03\/new-medicare-cards-coming-soon\"> we shared the news<\/a><\/u><span style=\"color: #595959; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-line; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"> that Medicare is sending new cards to everyone who gets Medicare benefits, replacing your Social Security number with another number. As expected, scammers have been trying to cash in on this change. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/blog\/2018\/09\/hang-medicare-card-scams\">Continue reading blog here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FTC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11572\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FTC-300x56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FTC-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FTC.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; www.consumer.ftc.gov\/blog) Scammers follow the news \u2013 and the money. 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