Scams Increasingly Target Young Recruits

7/12/2010

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Young, inexperienced and often drawing their first paychecks, enlisted men and women are easy marks for sleazy car dealers, insurance scams, predatory lenders, and identity theft. So pervasive are the rip-offs—and so troubling the debt incurred by military personnel as a result—that U.S. Department of Defense officials recently labeled the situation a threat to national security. 

BBB Military Line Director Holly Petraeus comments on the rise of military-focused scams in Red, White, and Scammed.

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