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Postal Inspectors Warn Veterans Of Scams Targeting Them

COVID Vaccination, Romance Scams and VA Loan Scams Just Some of the Scams Targeting Veterans; Postal Inspection Service’s Operation Protect Veterans Provides Veterans with Resources and Assistance

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is warning the nation’s veterans that scammers are creating and implementing scams specifically designed for them. These scams include

According to an AARP survey, veterans are twice as likely to be targets of scammers as the general public. That is why the U.S. Postal Inspection Service joined with AARP to create Operation Protect Veterans, a crime prevention program designed to provide information and resources to veterans and military families nationwide about scams and fraud schemes specifically created for them. 

What can veterans do to protect themselves? Operation Protect Veterans recommends the following:

“In addition to many of the same scams fraudsters use to target veterans, we’re now seeing more ‘timely’ scams, like those related to COVID,” said Chief Postal Inspector Gary Barksdale. “And as May is Military Appreciation Month, it’s 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.”

For more information on scams targeting veterans and how to defend against them, visit http://www.uspis.gov/veterans/. To report a scam, visit https://www.uspis.gov/report/, or contact the AARP Fraud Watch Network at 877-908-3360 or www.aarp.org/fraudwatchnetwork

 

About the U.S. Postal Inspection Service: The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency. It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Service and its employees, infrastructure and customers; it enforces the laws that defend the nation’s mail system from illegal or dangerous use; and it ensures public trust in the mail. Over 2,400 postal inspectors, postal police, technical and administrative people are spread out over 17 divisions and the national headquarters in Washington. For more information, visit www.uspis.gov, and follow us on Twitter (@USPISpressroom), Facebook (@Postalinspectors), and Instagram (@postalinspectors)

 

 

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