"Red (double) Cross"

The April issue of the Costco Connection magazine reports a scam that targets military families who have a family member on deployment. Someone who claims to be from the Red Cross calls the family and says they need personal information about the service member so paperwork for a hospital transfer can be completed. According to the article (Consumer Connection on page 11), the Red Cross never contacts military families this way. Given our connection with Walter Reed Army Medical Center, this strikes particularly close to home.