{"id":15547,"date":"2020-03-24T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15547"},"modified":"2020-03-24T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:47:18","slug":"15547","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15547","title":{"rendered":"Scammers preying on Medicare recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal law enforcement agency is warning Medicare recipients that scam artists are preying on people\u2019s fears by peddling fake tests for coronavirus.\u00a0 The Health and Human Services inspector general\u2019s office said it has seen marketing schemes rapidly pivot to offering tests for COVID-19 and \u201cSenior Care Packages\u201d with hand sanitizer or even tout a vaccine, which doesn\u2019t exist.\u00a0 Even some marketers have gone as far as to say that President Trump has ordered seniors to be tested.\u00a0 Read article for more examples of scam artists\u2019 schemes and what to do if you are approached by these scammers. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/health\/feds-see-uptick-in-virus-frauds-preying-on-medicare-recipients\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8428\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> 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>Federal law enforcement agency is warning Medicare recipients that scam artists are preying on people\u2019s fears by peddling fake tests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dhs-oig","category-illegal-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15549,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547\/revisions\/15549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}