{"id":242195,"date":"2021-05-05T01:25:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/veterans-should-be-alert-for-covid-19-vaccine-scams\/"},"modified":"2021-05-05T01:25:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:25:36","slug":"veterans-should-be-alert-for-covid-19-vaccine-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/veterans-should-be-alert-for-covid-19-vaccine-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"#Veterans should be alert for COVID-19 vaccine scams"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Veterans should be alert for COVID-19 vaccine scams<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Postal service leaders are warning veterans to be wary of a new round of financial scams targeting their families by promising quicker\u00a0coronavirus vaccines and extra money for virus-related medical care.<\/p>\n

Officials from\u00a0Operation Protect Veteran<\/a>s \u2014 a joint effort from the US Postal Inspection Service and AARP that is focused on scams directed at veterans and military members \u2014 said they have seen an increase in recent weeks in the number of illicit offers for veterans to \u201ccut in the vaccination line\u201d if they provide cash to third-party groups.<\/p>\n

The group also warned of scammers offering \u201ccash payments or other incentives around obtaining a COVID vaccination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to legislation app<\/a>roved last month by Congress, all veterans, their spouses and caregivers are eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Department of Veterans Affairs free of cost. Timing and availability of those shots depends on local supplies.<\/p>\n

But officials have emphasized that individuals do not need to pay to receive a dose, and outside groups promising quicker delivery in exchange for cash are taking advantage of confused or frustrated veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to many of the same scams fraudsters use to target veterans, we\u2019re now seeing more \u2018timely\u2019 scams, like those related to COVID,\u201d said Chief Postal Inspector Gary Barksdale in a statement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd as May is Military Appreciation Month, it\u2019s a great time for everyone to become informed and spread the word about scams targeting veterans in order to, in some small way, help repay the tremendous debt we all owe those who have served.\u201d<\/p>\n

An AARP survey from 2017 found that veterans are twice as likely to be victims of scammers as the general<\/a> public, with about one in six veterans reporting losing money to a fake offer of benefits or assistance.<\/p>\n

Postal service officials warn all veterans not to give out personal information over the phone to strangers, especially bank account numbers, credit card numbers or Social<\/a> Security numbers.<\/p>\n

They also said any veteran with questions about an unsolicited offer or program should check out the deal with a family member, friend, or local Veterans Affairs office. Callers who demand veterans act immediately on such a transaction are like scammers.<\/p>\n

More information on scams and protections for veterans is available at the\u00a0Postal Inspection Service web site<\/a>.\n <\/div>\n

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“#Veterans should be alert for COVID-19 vaccine scams” Postal service leaders are warning veterans to be wary of a new round of financial scams targeting their families by promising quicker\u00a0coronavirus vaccines and extra money for virus-related medical care. Officials from\u00a0Operation Protect Veterans \u2014 a joint effort from the US Postal Inspection Service and AARP that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/vaccine-0067.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[104401,1545,70376,71101],"class_list":["post-242195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-5-4-21","tag-coronavirus","tag-military","tag-scams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}