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"WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden warned residents Wednesday about a scam in which callers promise free medical alert devices to consumers.<br /><br />In the past several weeks, Biden's Consumer Protection Unit received multiple reports from consumers who received unsolicited phone calls from people claiming to represent a medical device company. The individuals offer consumers a medical alert system for free, but to accept the offer for the \"no-cost\" product, the caller demands the consumer pay money to cover related costs and provide personal information.<br /><br />\"Always be wary of unsolicited phone calls, letters, or visits to your home offering free products or lottery prizes,\" Biden said. \"Defend yourself against becoming a victim of fraud by independently verifying the identity and legitimacy of any company making an offer and never provide your personal information over the phone to an unsolicited caller.\"<br /><br />Biden also said that if an offer sounds too good to be true it probably is.<br /><br />According to the Consumer Protection Unit, the solicitations may be part of a phone scam targeting senior citizens around the country. Phone scammers also use robocalling and spoofing. Spoofing occurs when a scammer hijacks the name or phone number of a real business and imitates the company in its solicitations and on Caller ID.<br /><br />Biden's office is not aware of any state residents who were victimized by the scam."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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