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Watch Out for Phone Scammers Posing as OIG

Published on Fri Jul 03, 2020

A recent scam alert suggests that you should be extra cautious of giving your personal information out over the phone — even to the feds. Details: In an unusual about-face, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) warns individuals to be wary of telephone calls using official OIG phone numbers. Apparently, scammers are using real OIG numbers in a spoofing [...]
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