Keeping veterans safe from scammers

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – On this Memorial Day, Better Call 4 is making sure Ohio veterans are prepared when it comes to scams out to target them.

Criminals try to get control of veterans’ accounts, steal their identities, or even create a fake online persona to deceive veterans.

Veterans are an attractive target for criminals: they have access to benefits that the general population does not. Scammers are out to steal that access and the money that comes with it.

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“With the federal dollars behind those programs, a lot of the scams are targeting people for the sake of getting to their entitlements, to the things that they’ve earned, rather,” cybersecurity expert Jerod Brennan said…

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