Phone calls offering coronavirus test kits and asking for social security numbers come from scammers, not the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-testing-kits-scam-idUSKBN22R2HZ

 Reuters Fact Check
May 15, 2020 / 11:34 AM

 Posts circulating widely on Facebook claim that scammers are making calls posing as Medicare representatives, offering coronavirus test kits and asking for social security numbers. Such calls are not from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and are indeed perpetrated by fraudsters.

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