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Veterans Day a time where we pause to
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honor our military veterans hi I'm Andrea
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Avery United States Postal Inspector our
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veterans fought the hard battles and
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sacrificed much to preserve the freedoms
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we enjoy today now they are back at home
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and find themselves under attack by
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scammers
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veterans are targeted and victimized by
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scams about VA loans benefits and even
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Romance
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but vets aren't the only targets
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fraudsters are luring active military
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personnel into romance scams
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recently fraudsters targeted Sailors in
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the United States Navy on online dating
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apps by posing as women interested in a
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romantic relationship
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they would then ask the sailors to
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withdraw and turn over funds often under
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the guise of helping a relative in the
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Navy
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postal inspectors broke up the crew and
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arrested the members who caused more
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than 360 thousand dollars in fraud
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losses to the victims operation protect
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veterans a joint postal inspection
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service and AARP crime prevention
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campaign is designed to alert veterans
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about scams
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visit uspis.gov to learn more including
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how to report scams