Pranksters use Kansas County Department of Health phone number to tell residents that they have STDs

A Kansas County health department issued a statement in which it warned residents that its phone number was being used during joke calls alerting people of false STD notifications. "The Finney County Health Department recently discovered that someone was making phone calls using the phone number of our department on the caller ID," said the department. in a statement. "The call consists of a recording" informing "residents of the area that they have been identified as possibly having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or being in contact with a person having an STD. " name before discussing personal information, and never leave such information on a voice message. The ministry added that if you have ever visited the Ministry of Health for a reason related to STDs, an operator will ask for your password before continuing any discussion of personal health information.

"These calls are NOT from us! We will never discuss your private health information in a registry, we will always ask your permission to discuss sensitive health information over the phone …, "said the department in a warning on Facebook. If you receive a suspicious call, the service advises you to contact him directly to check.