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My dad was in recovery after surgery and they gave family a direct phone number for his room. Everyone on his hall was receiving scam calls in the morning, some
by kurthr 3y ago
My dad was in recovery after surgery and they gave family a direct phone number for his room. Everyone on his hall was receiving scam calls in the morning, some right right after coming out of anesthesia.
I was there for one and pretended to be very confused, and they immediately went to "we're the hospital and just need your insurance and financial information": what is your full name, address, SSN, bank name. Now you need to set up a password and answer some security questions.
After that, I unplugged the phone with a note affixed about the scams. Administration knew about the calls, but wasn't doing anything (like screening). Phone numbers for the rooms didn't ever change.