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Originally Posted by id10t View Post
Another likely scenario is that someone fatfingered their number entering it, ending it up in yours.

Numbers should be algorithmically generated based on some other input so this shouldn't happen and end up being a valid number for someone else but ...
Hanlon's Razor

Don't attribute to malice, something that could be attributed to stupidity or carelessness.

Not a bad idea, and the one that I usually live my life by. But sometimes, scamming seems far more likely to me. In this case, who knows. Would a medicare request be for a single person or for a whole clinic? That sounded like a LOT of catheters.
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