Senior citizens who receive unsolicited COVID test kits may be victims of a scam

Senior citizens who have received unsolicited coronavirus (COVID-19) test kids in recent months may be victims of a scam, and two local officials are urging them to take action.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) and Borough President Vito Fossella on Monday issued a joint press release calling on seniors who received unsolicited COVID-19 tests to report providers to the Medicare Fraud Line, ask for a new Medicare Card, and report the fraud to the congresswoman’s office.

Senior citizens who have received unsolicited coronavirus (COVID-19) test kids in recent months may be victims of a scam, and two local officials are urging them to take action.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) and Borough President Vito Fossella on Monday issued a joint press release calling on seniors who received unsolicited COVID-19 tests to report providers to the Medicare Fraud Line, ask for a new Medicare Card, and report the fraud to the congresswoman’s office.

Fossella issued a direct statement to his constituents who may have been victim to the Medicare fraud.

“If you have received COVID test kits you didn’t order, I strongly suggest that you request a new Medicare number and card, because your Medicare number has been compromised,” Fossella said. “Call the Medicare Fraud Line to report all statements where you have been billed and ask for a new card.”