Scammers may give you believable explanation to get your personal information. You should consider these tips below, before you give anyone your personal information becouse scammers can be very creative. According to the FTC’s last report, callers claim to be from Medicare and they are asking people for their Medicare numbers, Social Security numbers and other personal data. In change they offer you DNA testing kits and claim that this is an easy way to get early diagnoses for diseases like cancer. However the Medicare does not market DNA testing kits to the public.
Tips to help you spot and avoid these kinds of scams:
- Government agencies will rarely, if ever, call you. If they do, it will be after they send you a letter
- Don’t trust caller ID. Scammers use technology to hide their real number, but show one that seems legit. So if the caller ID shows a 202 area code, or says “government” or “Washington, DC,” don’t take that at face value. It could be anyone calling from anywhere.
- Never give anyone who calls you information like your Medicare, bank account, credit card or Social Security number.
