HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – For the second time this year, the Ottawa County Department of Community Health is alerting residents of a phone scam.
According to a message posted to the department’s website and social media accounts, “Scammers are using the Ottawa County Department of Public Health’s phone numbers to make calls. The caller claims to be with the department or with Medicare/Medicaid, asking for personal and confidential information. (The department’s) phone number shows up on caller ID, but the call is actually from a scammer. If you receive (such) a call and the person asks for confidential information, hang up!
“NEVER give out confidential information, such as account numbers, social security numbers, mother’s maiden name or passwords to an unsolicited caller!”
According to the Holland Sentinel in today’s editions, this is the second such alert issued by the Ottawa County Department of Public Health in 2019, as a similar caution came up this past February.
