VA warns veterans about phishing across email, texts and calls

Revision 1 · Scam prevention · United States · Record prepared

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VA warns that phishing can target veterans’ benefits, healthcare information and other personal information.

What the record says

The agency advises verifying senders and requests before clicking, keeping credentials private, using available multifactor authentication and reporting suspicious messages.

Attribution: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Supporting location: Know the signs; How to stay safe; fraud reporting guidance. Source details.

Practical next step

Verify a questionable request through an independently obtained official VA contact channel rather than a message’s link.

Limits and what is not established

A logo or apparently official message is not authentication. This summary does not verify a specific scam, recover lost funds or establish that a device is safe. The source’s displayed and footer dates differ.

Sources checked October 7, 2026. This record reflects the information reviewed then; later notices may change instructions or arrangements.

Original sources

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: original information

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