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BBB Scam Alert: Beware of Medicare cons during open enrollment period

Consumer Rights Oct 10, 2026BBB Scam Alert: Beware of Medicare cons during open enrollment period

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Consumer Rights · Scam Alert · October 9, 2026, 9:10 PM CDT

Key Facts

  • Iredellfreenews issued a new alert: BBB Scam Alert: Beware of Medicare cons during open enrollment period
  • If you are adding or changing your Medicare or Healthcare.gov coverage during open enrollment, watch out for unsolicited calls claiming to “help” you find the best deal.
  • How it reaches victims: Phone call.
  • Tactics the source describes: Asks for money; impersonates a trusted organization.

BBB Scam Alert: Beware of Medicare cons during open enrollment period.

If you are adding or changing your Medicare or Healthcare.gov coverage during open enrollment, watch out for unsolicited calls claiming to “help” you find the best deal.

Unfortunately, scammers see this open enrollment period as a chance to trick people out of money and personal information. Open enrollment for Medicare runs from October 15 through December 7.[1]

What the Scam Looks Like

How it reaches you: Phone call
What Iredellfreenews reports scammers do
  • If you are adding or changing your Medicare or Healthcare.gov coverage during open enrollment, watch out for unsolicited calls claiming to “help” you find the best deal.
  • Unfortunately, scammers see this open enrollment period as a chance to trick people out of money and personal information.
  • Open enrollment for Medicare runs from October 15 through December 7.
  • Medicare Advantage open enrollment is from January 1 to March 31, or within three months of getting Medicare.
  • Heathcare.gov open enrollment begins November 1; December 15 is the last day to enroll or change plans for coverage starting January 1, and January 15 is the last day to enroll for coverage starting February 1.
  • BBB Scam Tracker frequently receives reports of scam calls and texts pretending to be from Medicare.
  • In a recent report, one person shared: “They called to have me sign up for a new Medicare card.
  • Asks for money
  • Impersonates a trusted organization
Iredellfreenews does not publish the exact wording of the phone call, so none is shown. The sentences above are the source’s own description, not a transcript.

How to Protect Yourself

  • Do not send money because of an unexpected call, text, or email. Hang up and contact the agency or person yourself using a number you look up independently.
  • Contact the organization directly using a phone number or website you look up yourself, not one provided in the message.

How to Verify This Yourself

Read the original alert directly at Iredellfreenews — that page is the primary source for everything above.

References

  1. Iredellfreenews. BBB Scam Alert: Beware of Medicare cons during open enrollment period. ↩

Investigative methodology: this update was produced by scripts/scam_monitor.py from a real Iredellfreenews alert — not a language model. The quoted text above is verbatim from the source; any message or description shown in the illustration is quoted or copied from the source itself (see its caption); when the source does not publish the scam’s wording, none is shown or invented. Protection tips are matched from a fixed keyword list, not generated per story.

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