deployed targeted for ID theft....

[ktinspired]

This really pisses me off!

ID Theft Scam Targets MilSpouses
American Forces Press Service
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WASHINGTON -- The American Red Cross is warning military spouses about a new identity-theft scam that targets family members of deployed troops.

The Red Cross was alerted of the scam earlier this month, said Devorah Goldburg of the Red Cross.

The scam involves a person with an American accent calling a military spouse, identifying herself as a representative of the Red Cross, and telling the spouse that her husband was hurt in Iraq and was medically evacuated to Germany. The caller then says that doctors can't start treatment until paperwork is completed, and that to start the paperwork they need the spouse to verify her husband's social security number and date of birth.



there's more to the article but thats the jist of it.

and someone said in another thread, they put their faith in humanity.....

[POWERJIM]

This kind of stuff leaves you speechless, also put your faith in God only.

[Andre]

That's f'n sick.

[roehrigs01]

People that do this should be hurt... like their tongue cut out.. give me a name and fund my ticket, it will be done...