July is Military Consumer Month! Share tips about managing money and avoiding scams with servicemembers, veterans, and their families. Use these posts, tweets, and images to spread the word on social media. Click right on the image and save to use on your social media channels. Join the conversations happening at #MilConsumer2019
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July is Military Consumer Month. Once again, imposter scams top the list of frauds that military consumers reported to the FTC. Last year, more than 36,000 servicemembers, veterans, or family members reported an imposter scam. Of those reports, 11% lost money – for total losses of $34 million and a median loss of $900. That’s just for imposters scams. Learn more from Military Consumer and the FTC about avoiding imposter scams: https://go.usa.gov/xmetY #MilConsumer2019
Scammers pretending to be from the Social Security Administration (SSA) are saying your Social Security number (SSN) has been suspended because of suspicious activity or being involved in a crime. Your SSN is not about to be suspended. You don’t have to verify your number to anyone who calls out of the blue. And your bank accounts are not about to be seized. SSA will never call to threaten your benefits or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards. Anyone who tells you to do those things is a scammer. Every time. Learn more at: https://go.usa.gov/xmeu3 #MilConsumer2019
Gift cards are a convenient and widespread way for scammers to steal money from you. That’s because gift cards are like cash: if you buy a gift card and someone uses it, you probably cannot get your money back. Gift cards are for gifts, not payments. Anyone who demands payment by gift card is always a scammer. That’s a sure sign of a scam. Every time. This video will tell you more: https://youtu.be/HfHI6ToZff4 #MilConsumer2019
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It’s Military Consumer Month. Have you heard of callers pretending to be from the Social Security Administration? Hang up on them. Your Social Security number is not about to be suspended. https://go.usa.gov/xmeux #MilConsumer2019
Gift cards are a popular and convenient way for scammers to steal money from you. That’s because gift cards are like cash: if you buy a gift card and someone uses it, you probably cannot get your money back. https://youtu.be/HfHI6ToZff4 #MilConsumer2019
Gift cards are for gifts, not payments. Anyone who demands payment by gift card is always a scammer. That’s a sure sign of a scam. Every time. https://youtu.be/HfHI6ToZff4 #MilConsumer2019
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