by Jill S. | Jun 18, 2018 | Common Scams, Eldercare, Preventing Fraud
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are replacing all Medicare identification cards. The new cards remove your Social Security Number and replace it with a new, 11-digit number that is unique to each beneficiary. This helps protect against identity...
by Jill S. | Dec 15, 2017 | Common Scams, Eldercare, Preventing Fraud
How to Identify Medicare Card Scams According to Time.com, when open enrollment occurs, that is a time when older Americans are allowed to make changes to their medicare guidelines such as switching their coverage. Scammers in particular take advantage of this by...
by Jill S. | Aug 15, 2017 | Common Scams, Eldercare, Preventing Fraud
Have you started getting random messages in your voicemail, but didn’t remember your phone ringing? Telemarketers are using a whole new technology called ringless voicemail to leave a message on your home phone or cellphone, with seemingly no way for you to stop it....
by Jill S. | Apr 25, 2017 | Caregivers, Common Scams, Eldercare, Preventing Fraud
If you are a caregiver of a family member, you know how it can eat up so much of your resources – time, money, and patience. A study by Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America found the impact to you is increased by more than half. The 2016 Safeguarding Our...
by Jill S. | Apr 12, 2017 | Caregivers, Common Scams, Eldercare, Preventing Fraud
You may have recently heard about the ‘One-Ring’ scam. Here’s how it works: your phone rings once and then the call ends. Curious, you use the caller ID to return the call. Unknowingly, you are calling a foreign country. While you are kept on the line as long as...
by Tavis S. | Apr 5, 2017 | Common Scams, Preventing Fraud
IRS Warns Seniors to Remain on Alert to Phone Scams In 2016, the IRS Scam was the most reported scam on the Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker. With tax season here, scammers will again be aggressively targeting seniors. To learn more, watch this 1:30 video from the...
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