I just received a call from a man with a heavy India accent and he said that everyone in california is going to be getting a new Medicare card and he needed to verify my address, then he wanted to verify my bank for my social security check and he asked me to read him my account number.  When I refused I hung up, he called back, I said I would not do it and hung up and he called back.  Finally after I hung up the third time he did not call back.

I received a phone call from 7024420224 which is an untracable number.An Indian sounding person said he was from Medicare and wanted information about my bank.I told him I didn't have a bank.He hung up

You are brilliant!  I will use this tactic next time they call.

I have received twenty calls from these people the number comes up 202
thru 221 I keep blocking the numbers but they keep calling with foreign accents demanding my banking information I have screamed yelled and called them names they wont give up

No they should be SHOT

Have received the call from woman with heavy accent several times in the last few days. If you don't say anything, they hang up. Of course, they call back again and again. Will try once more to block them, but am considering getting a whistle!

Do not give these people any information - hang up. This number has called many of my senior residents wanting to verify their Medicare number -DO NOT GIVE ANY INFO OUT IT'S A SCAM!!!!!

A lady with a foreign accent called, saying that a new medicare card would be mailed to me.  But first she
needed to verify my address, which she had correct, and then asked for my medicare number.  
I told her this was a scam, that I never gave out my ss or medicare number and I would report her to
the authorities.  Then I hung up.  The call was from Beaumont, TX.

Called my elderly parents and told them they would receive a new medicaid card, then ask for banking information, they hung up!!!!!!!!!!

Received call from this number this afternoon.  When answered no one there.  Caller ID showed Beaumont, Tx.
Tried calling no back with my number blocked.  Also by dialing *69 each time was told no. not in service.  Went ahead and blocked on my phone.

I received a phone call this evening from Beumont, Texas 409-291-5191. A man with a thick foreign accent told me that social security was changing their MediCare card and he worked for the "social security verifacation office".

The man then told me my name and address. He wanted to verify what bank I get my social security checks sent to. He knew the number that is located on the bottom left of my checks. After he thought he had my confidence he asked if i would "GIVE him" the middle number [routing number] so he could 'verify it'. I told him to call my local security office and bank and they would contact me for the information.

He became agitated and insisted that i should give him the information or i may not get my SS check. I told him again to contact my SS office and they will call me about the information. He became more belligerant and at that point, I hung up the phone after sharing a few choice words with him.

I went to the below site and found there are a number of people getting calls from that number and being told all kinds of scams.

The person called for a relative.  He said that he was from Medi-Care and he needed to talk to my relative.  He said it was a billing issue.  It sounded like the call was coming from an overseas boiler room.   I asked him to spell his name so I could give her the message, but he got angry and hung up. I got the number from Caller ID because he hung up the phone.

I googled the number to find out that a lot of people had been reporting it.  Thank you to 800notes for protecting us from scammers.  The real medi-care office would not have a phone number with this many complaints!

This is some sort of SCAM on elderly people.

SCAM! SCAM!  Called saying they were from Medicare and wanted to send a new Medicare Card.  Wanted to verify address and then proceeded to ask for bank account to verify.  Definitely a scam and just hang up on them.

They bother and then immediately hang up  Sick and
tired of this b----s---

These awful people called my 83 year old mother....had to call her bank and put an alert on her account!!! Why don't they get a real job!!!

Just got a call and the man had a very broken accent.  He said he was from Medicare and was calling about issuing me my new card.  I had heard about this scam so I just hung up on him.  I don't understand why these people are not being shut down as many calls as they are making from this number and address.  I would think Medicare would be very concerned about these people.

Here's an idea that I tried against the telemarketer from hell. Hey, you have to fight fire with fire, right?

After getting 3 calls a day for months, I answered the phone to turn the tables on the pest.  Here's how I answered the umteenth call:

"Federal Bureau of Investigation - Telephone Fraud Investigations."  Why of course, I got a prompt click and they never, ever, called back again.  That was two years ago!  Woo-hoo!

One more call from the TX number and they will get the same treatment.

Wilbur:  How do you block a number?  My local landline telephone company does not block out of state numbers.  They only block local area calls. I really wish they would offer out of state scam pests.

Received a call from 4092915191 this morning and the man with the foreign accent asked if I was someone else that lived in the house.  He said he was called for verification and he was from Medicare. When I told him that was not me he hung up.

My husbanad receives a couple of calls a week from a woman who wants to send him a new Medicare card.  She too has our bank routing number.  My husband refuses to give her the other required information as if she has that much and is legit then she has the rest of the needed info!

Caller did not leave message on ans. machine -  was able to identify source of call through caller i-d.

When I see this number on caller id, I lift the receiver and put it down immediately.  They keep calling, but I don't answer, just break the call.

Man with heavy East Indian accent. Said it had to do with a new Medicare card for elderly.  Knew my address and phone number. Told him Mom was dead and he hung up. Really regretting my gullibility.

RECEIVED CALL FROM 409-291-5191 AT 2;26 PM ON 10/10/2012  DID NOT ANSWER CHECKED NUMBER OUT ON THIS SITE FOUND THAT THE CALLERS WERE SCAMMER'S .  I HAVE A PHONE WITH NUMBER BLOCKING ON IT,- IT RINGS ONE TIME AND DISCONNECTS CALLER SO I BLOCKED NUMBER IN THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF THEY CALLED BACK 13 TIMES---I GUESS THIS WAS MY  PUNISHMENT FOR NOT ALLOWING THEM A CHANCE TO STEAL FROM ME.

Received a call today saying that I would be getting a new medicare card in the mail.  Verified the address and telephone number and then woman with a very strong accent asked what bank I used.  I said that I would not answer that question and she asked "why".  I said that it was not a legitimate question and hung up.

Claimed to be in Medicaire office......said they were mailing out new cards.....wanted our personal info and name of Bank that our SS check was deposited into......hung up on him

Got a call from this number today saying they needed to verify my medicare. I ask who they were and they hung up. Glad to read these other posts, as I suspected they are a scam. Sick, sick people!!!

Got the call. Told me I was to receive a Medical Card from the Governement. Told them I was with BCBS. No this was different.....asked for my banker, told them Wachovia since it smelled like a scam. They told me that information matched perfectly! I do not bank with Wachovia! They told me to get my checkbook and verify the ?numbers. Do they think we are stupid or what? Told them that thas was a scam and hung up. People beware.

These people are calling claiming to be from the state Medicare office and have a lot of information about you.  The want you to verify your contact information and also provide things like bank account information, mother's maiden name, cell phone number and more.  They say that need this in order to provide you with your new Medicare card and benefits.  They say that if you don't provide the information you will not receive your new card and your Medicare benefits will be stopped.  In talking to friends across the US, this same scam is happening in other states.  In several instances the caller claims that they are updating their  system and need the information in order to directly depost Social Security checks.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE people be aware that nobody will call you from Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid unless you have initiated a call with the particular agency.  If someone calls you from out of the blue and asks for any personal information, no matter who they say they are, this is a SCAM.  NEVER GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE PHONE UNLESS YOU HAVE INITIATED THE CALL.  I have contacted the WV State Attorney General's Office and the Federal Trade Commission to report this SCAM.  I hope by providing this information on this site that people will become educated and pass the word on to anyone (particularly Seniors) that you know.

Got a call this morning from a guy with accent that made it hard to understand him.  He asked about my address- said they were sending me a new Social Security Card!  He then asked which bank I used and I said that was none of his businees for a S.S. card - He hung up!!  Then I get on line and see this - exactly what I suspected!