Beware medicare spamming phonecalls

I want to warm locals to a large, current and ongoing phone scam.

The caller identifies themselves as "...calling from Medicare in order to update your information so that you can receive the new Medicare card..." 

To anyone who receives a call from either Medicare or Social Security, please know these government agencies will NEVER call anyone directly; the only way they will speak with you over the phone is if YOU initiate the call. 

I was contacted by phone by a very nice person who wanted only to scam my personal information in order to contribute to theft and fraud. 

And for anyone who happens to fall for this: the process to report and protect your privacy is immense and time consuming. 

For all my friends and neighbors in Whitefish who are on Medicare please do this: Hang Up.

Thanks.

— Maureen Cleary, RN, Whitefish