{"id":25302,"date":"2025-12-17T08:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25302"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:43:30","slug":"heres-what-to-know-about-the-medicare-scam-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25302","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what to know about the Medicare scam call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Robocalls are automated phone calls that deliver a recorded message instead of a live person. While some robocalls are legitimate, many are illegal scams designed to trick you into divulging personal information or parting with money. Scammers impersonate Medicare or affiliated providers, often using tactics that create a sense of urgency and fear to extract personal information. Richard Ruelas, writing for AZ Central, explains how to distinguish between legitimate calls and scam calls. Read Mr. Ruelas\u2019 article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona\/2025\/12\/16\/what-to-know-about-medicare-scam-calls\/87781132007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona\/2025\/12\/16\/what-to-know-about-medicare-scam-calls\/87781132007\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" class=\"wp-image-17866\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty.jpg 1331w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty-1024x606.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robocalls are automated phone calls that deliver a recorded message instead of a live person. While some robocalls are legitimate,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,37,791,6],"tags":[80,793,61,1984,94],"class_list":["post-25302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-illegal-activities","category-medical-identity-fraud","category-medicare-general","tag-cms","tag-medical-identity-fraud","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-scam-calls","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25302","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=25302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25303,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25302\/revisions\/25303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}