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New Scam Targets Seniors with Phony Medicare Plan

February 16, 2006
Seniors on Social Security might be expected to be easily confused – there have been lots of news reports about proposed Social Security reforms and a new Medicare prescription drug benefit.

So scammers in the northeast are targeting seniors – pretending to be from an imaginary outfit called the National Social Security Service.

A telemarketer contacts a senior and tells them the service is offering a new service – lifetime Medicare coverage. The cost is a one-time fee of $295.

It might sound like a good deal to some, but police say it's too good to be true. It's nothing but a scam.

Faith Emond, a senior contacted by the scammer, didn't fall for it but is concerned some of her peers might. She told WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, that she made up fliers and put them on bulletin boards around town, where other seniors would see them.

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