I get calls from this number from a robot asking if if this is (my name) when I say yes they hang up. blocking this number now even though I have Wellcare and I know this is, as they state, Wellcare.
According to the message left on my husband's voice mail, the caller was WellCare (with whom we deal) wanting to inform him about plan changes for next year and leaving WellCare's 855 number as the one to call back.
I've received so many scam calls in the past month that I called my phone company (US Cellular) to report them. The person I originally spoke with (after I refused to change my number, refused to accept: "There's really nothing we can do," and a fair amount of prodding) told me he would have their fraud department call me on the following Monday. On Tuesday, a woman did call me and explained what to do (without changing my number) in such simple terms that I do not understand why these words are not appearing as public service announcements on every newscast.
In short, she said: DO NOT ANSWER CALLS FROM A NUMBER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE. (I'd been doing so because I have medical issues and feared not receiving important information.) EVEN IF YOU HANG UP IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU SUSPECT FRAUD, THE CALLER, OFTEN A ROBOT, NOW KNOWS THAT HE/SHE/IT HAS A "LIVE" NUMBER. (Because I'd been answering calls and hanging up, I was receiving calls up to three times daily from the same caller!) DON'T ANSWER. GOOGLE THE NUMBER. IF IT'S A PERSON OR BUSINESS YOU DEAL WITH, CALL THEM BACK. IF NOT, DON'T.
I hope this information will be helpful to others. Thank you enormously for the service you provide--and for the short, simple way you do it. I am "elderly" and a technological idiot. Had this been long and/or complex, I would not have done it--and it is important that people/companies band together to fight crime.
>> In short, she said: DO NOT ANSWER CALLS FROM A NUMBER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE. <<
True.
Similar statements have been posted by all of the regular helpers here, many, many times.
Similar statements have also been posted by various visitors, attempting to assist others.
Apparently those many posts have not been read by you ... or by some other visitors.
But, repetition certainly does not hurt (although it might cause undue wear on keyboards)