Senior citizens should beware of a new scam call involving Medicare cards.

An 83-year-old Center Township man who does not want to be named said he received a call late last week from a person with a foreign accent who said Medicare is replacing all cardboard cards for clients with a plastic version.

The man said the caller claimed Medicare is trying to prevent seniors from damaging their cardboard cards in the laundry.

The caller asked for the man’s Medicare number, so he could process the new card.

“If they’re from Medicare, shouldn’t they already have my number?” the man said. “I hung up.”

Mike Slupe, Butler County sheriff, said no one should provide any numbers or information on a call they did not initiate.

He advised all county residents to simply discontinue calls from people making offers or asking for information or money.

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