(MILTON, Del.) - In a few weeks Medicare cards will be changing. Right now the number on them is your social security number, but starting in April it will be an alphanumeric number.
It's important to know the process will take place through the mail-not over the phone. But scammers might try to fool you.
"A scammer may try to call and say they're here to give a second card or a temporary card, and that the consumer would have to pay a charge," says Robert Longo, Chief of the Milton Police Department.
If you think someone tried to scam you, contact the police or the Attorney General's Office so they can investigate.
Chief Longo doesn't want to see anyone getting scammed on his watch.
"I have a grandmother who's 90 years old, and I wouldn't want anybody taking advantage of her. So it hits at home on a personal level and I know the damage this can cause people."