Telephone Scam Targets U.S. Veterans

Salem-News.com

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs is warning all Veterans’ of a telephone scam regarding the recent data loss the by the VA.

Kevin F. Doyle, VA Police Operations Team Leader says the scam works like this; the caller talks the veteran into believing that they have a resource to assist them with the lost veteran data.

The veteran is talked into calling a 1-800 number.

Once the veteran call the 1-800 number, they are directed to call a 1-900 number where they incur a $9.99 per minute charge.

So far, the scam has only been indentified as VISN 16.

Any veteran who has falling victim to this scam is urged to contact their local VA office, or their local police agency.

It is not clear yet just how many veterans have fallen victim to the scam Doyle said