US Medical Department I am getting calls again and again from people claiming to be from US Medical Department. They always asks me if I had any kind of surgery in past. They want to give me medical compensation. However, I am not interested in this and I want to get rid of these calls. Texas

May 2, 2014

Got a call from 904-300-2557. Yep, heavy accent, could barely understand a word he was saying except something about medical compensation. And I was like, "What?! What?! Who are you?! Where are you calling from?! -- to which he said Miami, FL.

I said 2 things to him:

1) Florida is the scam capital of the U.S.

2) I'm not giving you my medical history over the phone. At which point he asked for my email address so that we could discuss it by email instead of by phone. Really?!!!!!!

He kept babbling asking if I'd had surgery since year 2000, whatever, whatever... I just hung up.

What's curious is that he called my cell phone. Two days ago another scammer called my cell -- this one from the "U.S. Federal Grant Dept" in Washington D.C. (202-697-7222) wanting to give me a $10,000 grant -- free and clear. Google listed RipOffReport.com for plenty of info on that scam.

All of a sudden starting this week my cell phone is fair game to scammers.  The only way to get rid of them I guess is to not answer calls from "Caller Unknown".