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The FTC is warning that scammers and dishonest marketers ramp up ahead of Open Enrollment, buying search ads and building lookalike web addresses designed to pass for Healthcare.gov or Medicare.gov, and that anyone claiming to be an "official Medicare agent" is a scammer by definition.
Go to coverage yourself by typing HealthCare.gov or Medicare.gov directly into your browser or calling 1-800-MEDICARE, and never give your Medicare number to anyone who contacted you first, no matter how official the website or caller sounds.
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A voice can be cloned in seconds. Hearing a familiar voice is not proof of who is calling.
02Never trust the number that called you. Verify by calling the official line yourself.
03Do not act on links in messages. Reach the company through its official app or a bookmark.
04A few seconds of audio from social media is enough to clone a voice. "It sounds like them" is not safety.
05Pressure to send money "right now" is the single biggest red flag.
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