Verify Medicare alerts before you provide personal info.
Scammers impersonate Medicare to send fake 'rebate available' texts or 'card expiring' warnings. These are designed to steal your identity and bank details.
Security Insight
Medicare scams are a form of government impersonation that often leads to full identity theft. Scammers rely on the trust people have in healthcare services.
Common Medicare Scam Patterns
Medicare will never contact you via text or email to ask for your bank details to process a refund. Watch out for these specific tactics.
The 'Unclaimed Rebate' link
The 'Card Expiring' warning
The 'Verify Details' prompt
The 'New Service' announcement
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Non-Government URLs
Official Medicare links will always end in .gov.au. Scammers use links like 'medicare-refund-portal.com' or 'my-gov-medicare.me'.
Request for Bank Details
Medicare already has your bank details for rebates. They will never ask you to type them into a website linked from a text message.
Urgency and pressure
Warnings that your rebate will expire in 24 hours or that your healthcare coverage is suspended are immediate red flags.
Suspicious Sender IDs
While scammers can spoof the 'Medicare' name, often the message comes from a random mobile number or a strange email address.
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