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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="blue" face="Script MT Bold"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:blue">Rosanna</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Patrick.Harness [mailto:Patrick.Harness@healthalliance.org]
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 07, 2017 4:26 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Rosanna McLain<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> FW: FYI on HHS OIG Hotline Scam
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Please share as appropriate. I also sent to Susan Real. This is a scary one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b> SMP Program List [<a href="mailto:SMP-PROGRAM-LIST@LIST.NIH.GOV">mailto:SMP-PROGRAM-LIST@LIST.NIH.GOV</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Simpson, Melissa (ACL/AOA)<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 03, 2017 12:25 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:SMP-PROGRAM-LIST@LIST.NIH.GOV">
SMP-PROGRAM-LIST@LIST.NIH.GOV</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> HHS OIG Hotline Scam - need to share & warn our partners asap<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Importance:</span></b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">A telephone scam in which crooks alter
</span></font><i><span style="font-style:italic">caller ID to make it seem as if the call is coming from the HHS OIG Hotline 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477)</span></i><font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"> to get beneficiaries and members of the
public to verify or share personal info which is used to victimize them via financial and other crimes – draining their bank accounts.
<span style="background:yellow">OIG wants the public to </span></span></font><i><span style="background:yellow;font-style:italic">know that HHS OIG will not use the HHS OIG Hotline telephone number to make outgoing calls and
<b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">individuals should not answer calls from 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477)</span></font></b></span>.<font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently confirmed that the HHS OIG Hotline telephone number is being used as part of
a telephone spoofing scam targeting individuals throughout the country. These scammers represent themselves as HHS OIG Hotline employees and can alter the appearance of the caller ID to make it seem as if the call is coming from the HHS OIG Hotline 1-800-HHS-TIPS
(1-800-447-8477). The perpetrator may use various tactics to obtain or verify the victim’s personal information, which can then be used to steal money from an individual’s bank account or for other fraudulent activity. HHS OIG takes this matter seriously.
We are actively investigating this matter and intend to have the perpetrators prosecuted.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It is important to know that HHS OIG will not use the HHS OIG Hotline telephone number to make outgoing calls and individuals should not answer calls from 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477).
We encourage the public to remain vigilant, protect their personal information, and guard against providing personal information during calls that purport to be from the HHS OIG Hotline telephone number. We also remind the public that it is still safe to call
into the HHS OIG Hotline to report fraud. <span style="background:yellow">We particularly encourage those<i><span style="font-style:italic"> who believe they may have been a victim of the telephone spoofing scam to report that information to us through the
HHS OIG Hotline 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477) or <a href="mailto:spoof@oig.hhs.gov">
spoof@oig.hhs.gov</a></span></i></span><i><span style="font-style:italic">. Individuals may also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357).<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold">Also – here’s the link to our Consumer Alerts webpage if you’d like to share that:</span></font></b>
<a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/consumer-alerts/alerts/phone-scam.asp">https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/consumer-alerts/alerts/phone-scam.asp</a>
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