Medicare Card Renewal Phishing
Attack Trigger
Fear of losing healthcare coverage drives seniors to act without verification
What Attackers Want
Medicare number + SSN + bank details (used for medical identity theft)
How This Attack Works
Scammers impersonate Medicare or CMS claiming your Medicare card is expiring or your benefits need to be updated. They collect Medicare numbers, Social Security numbers, and bank account details under the guise of issuing a new card, then commit medical identity theft and financial fraud.
Red Flags to Watch For
- ✗Medicare never contacts beneficiaries unsolicited by email or phone for card renewal
- ✗Sender is not from @cms.hhs.gov
- ✗Request for your Social Security Number and bank account to "process" the new card
- ✗Threat that your benefits will be suspended if you do not act immediately
Known Malicious Domains
These domains have been associated with this attack. Never click links going to these addresses.
- medicare-card-renewal.comMALICIOUS
- medicare-benefits-update.netMALICIOUS
- cms-medicare-verify.comMALICIOUS
Glance automatically blocks emails from domains on this list. Domain list is not exhaustive — attackers register new domains continuously.
How Glance Stops This
- Domain similarity analysis catches lookalike sender addresses at millisecond speed
- SPF / DKIM / DMARC validation flags authentication failures before you ever see the email
- VirusTotal + Google Safe Browsing checks every link in real time
- Urgency language detection scores the email higher for manual review
- Known malicious domain blocklist updated continuously from live scan data
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