Callers try to scam elderly Ridgefield woman

A Ridgefielder is warning of a telephone scam from people claiming to be Medicare representatives. The callers attempted to convince her elderly mother to release personal information over the phone.

Noana Whitehead was visiting her mother today in town when a telephone call came from people claiming to be in the “Medicare Verification Department.”

Ms. Whitehead took the phone from her mother when she suspected something was odd about the questions her mother was asked.

The callers were very convincing.