Call from the Department of Veterans Affairs today

[Marine Corp 69/70]

Got a call from the Regional office around 1600  answers the call and the person said that the line was recorded and it was a conference call about va disability claims if I had a claim that I had a problem with and want to talk to the speaker on the conference call at the RO live. I listen to the call about thirty minutes as Veterans were calling  in about their claims, the speaker would listen to the Veteran and tell than that a person from the RO would call back about their claim and see if it was done right. Has anybody gotten a call like that,wanted to talk about my claim but had second thoughts.

 

 

                                                                                        

[GBArmy]

Marine Corp 69/70 I don't know if this is it but one of the managers for VA Benefits has been doing a daily call-in type program in individual states an his name is Paul Lawrence. It sounds like that is what happened to you. Check Youtube under "VA" and you will see a bunch of these from different programs in different states. They seem to be added to Youtube the next day.

I think that is what you experienced.

[Buck52]

A lot of scammers out there taking advantage of veterans.

you might want to put a call into your R.O. and Ask about this type of call?

or call the 1-800 # and ask about it?

[broncovet]

I agree with GB Army AND Buck.  It could be a scam or for real.  Based on what you posted, I would guess its for real.  But you have to be careful, and generally not give out your private information such as ssn, to people who call YOU.  

[Berta]

Speaking of scams, I got one yesterday from someone telling me to click on #1 on phone pad, to get more info on why SSA is investigating me,.and has an arrest warrant or some other BS.

I usually never,ever  answer calls if I dont recognize the caller . But this one came from an area code of someone I know.-.

I googled the number and it is a scam  and added my formal complaint to the list of people who have gotten this intimating call.

A few minutes later a friend of mine asked me to look up a phone number of a call she just call- she was very afraid because they said she was going to be served with papers and might be arrested. They said her PC had been corrupted and then asked her for $399 bucks to fix it. She hung up right away.

Oddly enough that phone number in Google revealed no complaints at all....yet.

If you Google odd phone numbers sometimes you can verify they are scammers...for free.And file a complaint on them.

But many of these phone sites want a few bucks to give you the owners name, and location.

We actually had someone who was using a NY State Police email addy to try to scam people via email.

The State police got right on that one. 

The call you got from VA ,to me ,sounds legit as long as the other vets were not giving out their C file # or SSN #.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[deedub75]

It’s not a scam. I got one of those calls a couple of weeks ago. It was a town hall for veterans to ask questions about VBA. 

I’m in Indiana and the governor was initially on the call and then he had to go. There was some higher up director at VBA who was fielding questions from veterans. 

Some general questions were answered but claims specific questions would get answered by the RO individually. 

[deedub75]

1 hour ago, Berta said:

Speaking of scams, I got one yesterday from someone telling me to click on #1 on phone pad, to get more info on why SSA is investigating me,.and has an arrest warrant or some other BS.

I usually never,ever  answer calls if I dont recognize the caller . But this one came from an area code of someone I know.-.

I googled the number and it is a scam  and added my formal complaint to the list of people who have gotten this intimating call.

A few minutes later a friend of mine asked me to look up a phone number of a call she just call- she was very afraid because they said she was going to be served with papers and might be arrested. They said her PC had been corrupted and then asked her for $399 bucks to fix it. She hung up right away.

Oddly enough that phone number in Google revealed no complaints at all....yet.

If you Google odd phone numbers sometimes you can verify they are scammers...for free.And file a complaint on them.

But many of these phone sites want a few bucks to give you the owners name, and location.

We actually had someone who was using a NY State Police email addy to try to scam people via email.

The State police got right on that one. 

The call you got from VA ,to me ,sounds legit as long as the other vets were not giving out their C file # or SSN #.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got a similar call saying my SSN was compromised.