From: Scamnot Alerts [mailto:Alerts@scamnot.org]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is warning Veterans not to give credit card numbers over the phone to callers claiming to update VA prescription information.
Veterans have become targets in an inexcusable scam that dishonors their service and misrepresents the Department built for them. VA does not call Veterans and ask them to disclose personal financial information over the phone.
Scam artists are misrepresenting the VA to gain personal information over the phone. They say VA recently changed procedures for dispensing prescriptions and ask for the Veteran's credit card number. Once the scammer has this information they either purchase items or sale the information on line to other scammers.
The VA has not changed its processes for dispensing prescription medicines, nor has the VA changed its long-standing commitment to protect the personal information of this nation's Veterans."
Veterans with questions about VA services should contact the nearest VA medical center or call, toll-free, 1-877-222-8387.
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