Scams Increasingly Target Young Recruits

Posted Monday, July 12, 2010
by Angie Barnett

Young, inexperienced, and often drawing their first paychecks, enlisted men and women are easy marks for sleazy car dealers, insurance scammers, predatory lenders, and identity thieves. 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. Read the full article here.

Comments

Add a Comment

We would love for you to comment on posts to the BBB Blog: Insider News & Tips You Can Trust.

But please, let’s keep it clean. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments will be removed. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate the guidelines, terms of use or privacy policy governing this site. We advise review of our Blog Frequently Asked Questions, Submission Rules and Terms of Use prior to comment submission.

Name
Email
Comments

5000 characters remaining
Enter the code shown:

Tools

  • Print
  • RSS
  • Bookmark & Share
    • MySpace
    • Digg
    • Delicious
    • StumbleUpon

Most Viewed Posts