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scammers come at our veterans from all

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angles

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in what's known as the update your file

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scam

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someone claiming to be from a government

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agency attempts to get a veteran's

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personal information to

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update their file so they can maintain

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their benefits for example a caller may

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claim

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there is a new type of veteran's benefit

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available

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the scammer may ask the veteran for

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personal information

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including social security numbers dates

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of

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birth and bank account numbers which

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could be used to steal money or

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could be sold to other bad actors for

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use in other schemes

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don't fall for it help protect our

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veterans from scams

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to learn how visit uspis.gov

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veterans