Medicare Scam

Judy Strawderman, state director of community relations for the Better Business Bureau office in Canton, Ohio, which covers West Virginia, says her office has been inundated with calls over the past few weeks concerning high-pressure telephone scams targeting the elderly and others. The caller offers to send seniors new Medicare cards, including cards that offer extra benefits, and then asks for bank information. Strawderman says the scam is occurring as many seniors are up for renewal in the Medicare Part B program, and seniors should not be contacted by telephone for that. She says, if those callers get a person's information, it can be used for identity theft.