Your Medicare number, also known as the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI), is a unique 11-character combination located on your Medicare card. If you don’t have your physical card, you can find ...

From romantic-partners begging for money online to unnamed-telephone-villains holding “relatives” for ransom — scammers spend their days pretending to be someone they aren’t. The scams come in many ...

The Medicare phone number is 800-633-4227 (TTY: 877-486-2048), and it is available 24/7, except on federal holidays. It provides an automated system with options to speak with a live agent. Besides ...

Q: I just got my Medicare card in the mail, but the letter on the end is different than my husband’s. Is this the way it should be? A: Everyone who has Medicare has a claim number, or a health ...

We all put our hard-earned money into our health insurance plans and trust that our information is always being kept private. However, scammers will do everything they can to try to get whatever they ...

A true free market relies on open, fair competition. In order to achieve this, an informed consumer is required. They must be fully aware of the choices they have at their disposal and how much they ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A new scam is targeting older adults. Con artists are reaching out to offer free cooking and ...

SCAMMED. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE LOOKED INTO IT. SO HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL VIEWERS. THIS PARTICULAR VIEWER SENT AN EMAIL TELLING ME I RECEIVED A ...

ROACH HAS MORE. MEDICARE FRAUD IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS FOR SCAMMERS, ESTIMATED TO COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT $60 BILLION A YEAR. CROOKS GET MEDICARE NUMBERS BY POSING AS MEDICARE REPS ON THE ...

Dr Arnold is currently finalising a monograph on identity crime. He is a former director of the Australian Privacy Foundation Medicare card numbers are the latest ...

Today’s Sound Off is about scammers stealing Medicare numbers: Dear Heloise: Scammers are trying to get your Medicare numbers. How? They’ll contact you with an offer of free masks and other COVID-19 ...

The annual enrollment period for Medicare is just weeks away, and a record number of Americans are set to become eligible for coverage. Almost 4.2 million Americans will turn 65 and thus become ...