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Easterncedar

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1. I got that, too. But it was a deceptively close but wrong number

Reply to kimbutgar (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:27 PM

Jun 30

I complained here and someone helpfully set me straight. Was it an 800 or 888 number?

I redialed and got the actual agency line. It wasn’t that helpful, but it wasn’t a scam!

Good luck!

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I called the Medicare number to enroll in part b and all I got was ads for emergency necklace and [View all] kimbutgar Jun 30 OP

I got that, too. But it was a deceptively close but wrong number Easterncedar Jun 30 #1

I think you called the wrong number Henry203 Jun 30 #2

My husband got the same thing this morning when he called VA to Autumn Jun 30 #3

Jesus. This really is Idiocracy become life now then. Maru Kitteh Jun 30 #5

He dialed from our land line and selected the VA number from our call directory. Autumn Jun 30 #6

That doesn't sound like a legit gov. call. Check the website you Maru Kitteh Jun 30 #4

i got the number in a letter from my healthcare provider kimbutgar Jun 30 #7

Holy buckets. We are Idiocracy. Maru Kitteh Jun 30 #8