{"id":25883,"date":"2026-04-24T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25883"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:30:34","slug":"scams-targeting-surviving-family-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25883","title":{"rendered":"Scams targeting surviving family members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scammers often target surviving family members shortly after a Veteran\u2019s death, when benefit payments are issued, and when grief can make some people more vulnerable to manipulation. The scammers may claim military authority or a shared service experience to gain trust, using high-pressure tactics to create a sense of urgency and forcing victims to make quick decisions. These bad actors often contact survivors via social media, email, text or phone.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146288\/scams-target-surviving-family-members\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146288\/scams-target-surviving-family-members\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Scammers often target surviving family members shortly after a Veteran\u2019s death, when benefit payments are issued, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1959,87],"class_list":["post-25883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-scams","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25884,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25883\/revisions\/25884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}