There seems to be a new scam or resurrected old scam going around. Got a call last night the spouse answered thinking it was someone we knew as it was from the same area code as our phones (719). The wife always puts her phone on speaker as it helps her hear better so I could hear the call as well. It was a woman with a heavy accent saying she was with a Medicare Provider Group wanting to know if she had received a new Medicare Card in the last 2 months. If not, could my wife please provide some information to verify herself, starting with her name, so that a new one could be sent. At that point I jumped in as asked this woman to please say again who she was with again and got the same answer, a Medicare Provider Group. I told the woman that she obviously was not with our Medicare provider and we hung up.
I did a little lookup on this and it seems the idea is to get enough info that they can request a legitimate replacement card which is then used to submit fraudulent Medicare claims. I don't know if this was a one off, something with 719 numbers, or if it is something going around so I thought I would give a heads up.