Got a phone call

[Rebl2]

the other day and the person calling was trying to get me to agree to a new plastic Medicare card that had a chip in it. I told her never heard of that and told her she was trying to scam me. She became angry and said she wasn’t scamming me. I hung up. That’s a new one on me.

[yellowdogintexas]

1. If Medicare wants us to have plastic cards with chips

we will get them in the mail.

I wish we would get plastic cards; those paper ones get kind of flimsy after a while

[Rebl2]

3. Mine is fairly

new, but I am sure it will eventually be that way.

[3catwoman3]

10. We laminated ours.

Holding up OK so far.

[Ocelot II]

2. Definitely a scam.

https://cahealthadvocates.org/watch-out-for-new-medicare-card-scams-in-2023/

[Rebl2]

5. I was sure

it was because I know they will never call.

[brush]

4. That is a new one. The usual Medicare card scam is that the...

red, white and blue card is being deactivated and replace by a new black and white card.

Glad you told her where to go.

[rurallib]

6. FWIW - If I get a call and I don't know the person or the number the call is

coming from, I let it go to the answering machine. If they really want me they will leave a message and then I can evaluate who it is. In this case if they had left a message about a new Medicare card, I would have called Medicare (not the number that the scammer called from) to find out what was going on.

Told my wife today that if people are trying to get ahold of us it might take some effort.

[Rebl2]

7. I don't normally

answer phone if I don’t know the number, but my husband answered it and the discussion went on for a minute, so I picked up and listened in, and that’s when I told her she was trying to scam me. She was rather hard to understand as well.
Another well worn scam is we want to buy your house, then they hear click! I sometimes wish I had a old type phone so I could slam the phone down🤬

[cyclonefence]

8. When I got a call offering to buy my house

"as-is" I told them I'll sell for $1,000,000. They connected me with their supervisor, who asked if we had made massive improvements or what, and I told them no, it's as-is, and my price is non-negotiable.

They haven't called back, plus it was a lot of fun.

[appalachiablue]

11. Way to go!

[rurallib]

9. I am surprised someone hasn't created a "slamming down the phon" app yet

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. Is there a sound-like-henry-kissinger app?

Just remembering that voice makes me want to claw my ears and throat out.