No Punishment Would Be Too Brutal...

...for these subhumans:

The American Red Cross has warned military families to beware of a scam in which callers tell family members their service member has been injured in Iraq, with the apparent goal of getting the service member’s Social Security number and date of birth.

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Red Cross officials said that in one case described to them, a young-sounding woman with an American accent called a military spouse and identified herself as a representative of the American Red Cross. She told the spouse her husband has been hurt while on duty in Iraq, and was medically evacuated to a hospital in Germany.

The caller told the spouse they couldn’t start treatment until paperwork was completed. In order to start the paperwork, she claimed, they wanted the spouse to verify her husband’s Social Security number and date of birth. This spouse caught on quickly and did not provide the information —which can be used to steal a person’s identity. Among other things, thieves can set up credit card accounts and run up high bills without the family’s knowledge.

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[Via Think Progress.]

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