Medicare Scam.

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My first hint that it was a scam was the two-second wait before someone picked up on the other end. The guy who picked up had a heavy accent that I could not identify, and then he mispronounced my first name. He said something about Medicare and asked me to confirm that I'd be turning 65 in only 37 years. I said that might be the case. He then forwarded me to some guy whose accent was less pronounced. I could not tell what accent he had either. It was not Filipino, Indian, Russian, Mexican, African-American, or Israeli. He started asking me for information I did not care to provide, and I asked if he had a phone number at which I could call him back (for reporting purposes). He said "absolutely." He then said "XXX" and the line went dead. I just called the Medicare Scam phone number. They (I only had to wait eight minutes to talk to a human) told me that Medicare/Social Security does not call people, and gave me a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) number to call to report the attempted scam. If you have friends and relations who are in the Medicare age range, please let them know that scams abound.