Troubling New Telephone Scam Targets Veterans Seeking Care
The FTC released a report Monday detailing scammers’ latest fraud scheme
by Staff Writer 9 · May 15, 2017
According to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), there is a new telephone scam being deployed that targets U.S. military veterans looking to verify their eligibility for the new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Choice Program (VCP).
In order to rip-off vets, scammers have set up a fake toll-free number that resembles the true government Veterans Choice hotline to collect credit card numbers.
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