Area Seniors Targeted in New Scam
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 -- 8:55 AM
-A new scam is targeting seniors in our area.Scammers are trying to get Wisconsin seniors to pay for medical alert systems that they initially indicate are free. Several seniors in the area have said they've received a robocall about this situation.
In each of these robocalls, seniors were told that a piece of emergency alert equipment was going to be delivered to them, free of charge. An operator told them that the equipment was free but it would cost around $35 per month to operate.
The message continued telling the seniors that they could hit '5' to be removed from their call list, but taking any action like this may just validate the number for the company and lead to additional calls to the consumer in the future.
State officials said the scammers use different names.
State officials remind people who receive a call to hang up immediately and not press keys to verify information or speak to an operator and do not give out personal or financial information.
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