The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning its callers of a marketing scam that is targeting veterans, announced the Defense Department. The VA learned of a marketing company that had purchased two telephone numbers each off by one digit from the VA National Call Center and the GI Bill Center, according to a Dec. 6 release. If either number is dialed, “the answering party will offer a gift card and try to obtain personal and financial information, including credit card information from the caller,” wrote the VA in a recent Facebook post. The answering party may even transfer the caller to the VA after the caller’s information is obtained.” The VA asserts it “will never ask for credit card or banking information over the phone.”
Golden Dome Details Begin to Emerge
Dec. 7, 2025
The Golden Dome air and missile defense shield to protect the United States will have some “operational capability” in 2028, the program’s leader said Dec. 6 at the Reagan National Defense Forum.
