People who use Medicare are being targeted in a telephone scam that surfaced in Cumberland County today.
Callers, claiming to work for the government's health insurer for senior citizens, insist they must issue a second Medicare card. All that's needed, the caller insists, is a senior's bank account information.
"The scary part is, these people who prey on the elderly know exactly which buttons to push," said Robert Burns, director of Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging.
"A lot of older people are trusting. They grew up in a different world than we are in," Hocking said.
Medicare users who think they may have been contacted by a scam artist or who have other questions may call 1-800-Medicare (1-800-633-4227).
Phone scam targets Medicare recipients - Breaking News with The Patriot-News: PennLive.com
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