{"id":1679,"date":"2017-04-28T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:33:15","slug":"not-real-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/not-real-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"NOT THE REAL DEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Veterans Choice Program (VCP) Phone Line Imposter<\/h1>\n<p>FACT SHEET<\/p>\n<p>April 27, 2017<\/p>\n<h2>VCP Phone Line Imposter<\/h2>\n<p>It has come to VA\u2019s attention that a phone line has been set up by an unknown party to potentially &#8220;mimic&#8221; the VCP phone line. This imposter phone line may be intended to reach Veterans who inadvertently dial the VCP number incorrectly.<\/p>\n<p>We want you to know that we are taking this seriously and to keep you aware of the steps we are taking.. VHA Office of Community Care (VHA CC) has reported the \u201cmimic\u201d line to the VA Office of Inspector General for a possible civil or criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMimic\u201d Phone Line<\/p>\n<p>The phone line established to \u201cmimic\u201d the VCP phone line is 1-<strong>800<\/strong>-606-8198. You know you have reached the wrong VCP phone line when:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The phone line offers callers a $100 rebate <strong><em>if<\/em><\/strong> the caller provides a credit card.<\/li>\n<li>The phone line does <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> state the caller has reached U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the VCP phone line.<strong>Be aware <\/strong>that this phone number incorrectly confirms callers had reach the VCP <em>if the caller asks that question. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VCP Phone Line<\/p>\n<p>The correct VCP phone line is 1-<strong>866<\/strong>-606-8198. This line is for Veterans to check their eligibility for the VCP and ask questions about the program.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unsure if you have reached the correct phone line, hang up and dial 1-<strong>866<\/strong>-606-8198 again. The phone line will state the caller <strong>has<\/strong> reached the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterans Choice Program (VCP) Phone Line Imposter FACT SHEET April 27, 2017 VCP Phone Line Imposter It has come to VA\u2019s attention that a phone line has been set up by an unknown party to potentially &#8220;mimic&#8221; the VCP phone line. This imposter phone line may be intended to reach Veterans who inadvertently dial the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/not-real-deal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NOT THE REAL DEAL<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}