{"id":100467,"date":"2026-11-13T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100467"},"modified":"2026-11-05T13:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:32:12","slug":"fraud-watch-credit-repair-scams-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100467","title":{"rendered":"Fraud Watch- Guard Against Veteran Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Veterans Day approaches, it’s an important time to recognize the service of our nation’s veterans and raise awareness about scams targeting the military community. Criminals may impersonate government agencies, offer assistance with VA benefits for a fee, promote fake military discounts, or solicit donations for bogus veteran charities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will never charge fees to apply for benefits or access official military records, nor will they demand personal details out of the blue. Scams targeting veterans may focus on their military benefits, offering a lump-sum cash offer \u2013 be wary. Verify any suspicious contact directly with the VA at 800-827-1000 or by visiting va.gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Report scams to local law enforcement. For help from AARP, call 1-877-908-3360 or visit the AARP Fraud Watch Network at aarp.org\/fraudwatchnetwork<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AARP Fraud Watch Network<\/h2><\/div>

Need a scam prevention speaker<\/a> for your group? Click the link to fill out the AARP online form or email me@aarp.org<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Veterans Day approaches, it’s an important time to recognize the service of our nation’s veterans and raise awareness about scams targeting the military community. Criminals may impersonate government agencies, offer assistance with VA benefits for a fee, promote fake military discounts, or solicit donations for bogus veteran charities. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs … Continue reading “Fraud Watch- Guard Against Veteran Scams”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,218],"tags":[508,506,272,507],"post_folder":[696],"class_list":["post-100467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-service","category-resources-for-granges-and-grangers","tag-aarp-fraud-watch","tag-fraud-alert","tag-grange-communication","tag-scam-alert"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"As Veterans Day approaches, it’s an important time to recognize the service of our nation’s veterans and raise awareness about scams targeting the military community. Criminals may impersonate government agencies, offer assistance with VA benefits for a fee, promote fake military discounts, or solicit donations for bogus veteran charities. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs…","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-q8r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100557,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100467\/revisions\/100557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100467"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=100467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}