The number looked familiar, though. It looked an awful lot like the actual number for the Department of Veterans Affairs. As any modern-day journalist might, I turned to the Google for answers.
I called the Department of Veterans Affairs directly. If someone was trying to cheat veterans they would probably want to know. Is this a scam? I asked.
That is not a scam, the actual human who answered the phone at the VA said. He couldn't see my visible confusion. Genuinely surprised I may have even scoffed.
I countered with something along the lines of you're telling me the VA is actually reaching out to veterans to encourage them to...
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