Scammers are targeting recipients of 3SquaresVT \u2013 also known as SNAP or food stamps \u2013 and trying to steal money meant to assist households with buying food. Scammers are calling and sending messages, fraudulently claiming that the client\u2019s EBT card has been \u201clocked,\u201d and instructing them to call back to verify their eligibility. This is a scam.
Government officials will never text or call clients to request this information. Do not respond and never give your EBT card numbers to an unknown caller. Economic Services will only contact you about SNAP benefits using the following numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For text messages: 802-215-3243 If you encounter this scam, hang up and report it to the Consumer Assistance Program at 800-649-2424. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scammers are targeting recipients of 3SquaresVT \u2013 also known as SNAP or food stamps \u2013 and trying to steal money meant to assist households with buying food. Scammers are calling and sending messages, fraudulently claiming that the client\u2019s EBT card has been \u201clocked,\u201d and instructing them to call back to verify their eligibility. This is… Continue reading Scam Alert: Calls Targeting 3SquaresVT Households<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4483,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[704915,705091,481474,705089,705090],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-stopscamsvt","tag-3squaresvt-scam","tag-consumer","tag-ebt-card-scam","tag-snap-scam","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
For phone calls:<\/strong> 800-933-3405<\/p>\n\n\n\n