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The original was posted on /r/scams by /u/BuckFrog2 on 2025-07-12 18:14:49+00:00.

So I got hired on at what I thought was a call center (in Egypt). I think they may have been a scam center though. We sit on these computers and they have this software that just automatically calls random American numbers (I’m assuming mainly older people).

We were trained to tell them that this was “medicare providers” and that we needed to update their medicare card for 2025 (even though that was a lie) and we needed to confirm their medicare information (including their medicare number) so that we could ensure they are receiving their annual benefits.

We would tell them that we had all of their medical information (including their medicare number) even though we didn’t, and that we just needed to confirm it so that we could open their profile and get them their benefits.

Then the big thing was to try to assess their medical situation and get them to agree to receive a brace (for back, wrists, shoulders, knees, or ankles) that they didn’t have to pay for and it was covered by medicare. Even if they didn’t think they needed a brace, we needed to try to convince them that they did and agree to receive one.

Now I think that the part about medicare paying for it might have been true so these people didn’t have to pay for it. My guess is that the business got money from the American government paying for the braces (which in turn, means American taxpayers are paying for it).

The first 4.5 days I worked there was training then they had me start calling people on the 5th day and after an hour or so I just couldn’t do it (I just felt slimy) and told the managers that I quit (note that I didn’t understand how slimy this company was until the 5th day, I guess I was naive).

Would you consider this company to be scamming people? Do you think I did the right thing by quitting or no?