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Scam of the day – January 24, 2026 – No, Medicare Isn’t Calling You: How Identity Thieves Target Older Americans

by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 23, 2026 | Scam of the day

For many years Medicare used a person’s Social Security number as his or her Medicare number which put Medicare recipients in serious danger of identity theft. Medicare resisted changing the Medicare number to a safer random number for many years. Finally, in...

scam offering new Medicare card with microchip

Scam of the day – January 24, 2026 – No, Medicare Isn’t Calling You: How Identity Thieves Target Older Americans

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