Fake military draft notices making young Americans "really nervous"
The federal government is issuing a warning about fake military draft notices sent through text messages, demanding Americans report for duty, and deploy to Iran. The messages — which began to show up on people's phones as tensions mounted in the Middle East — threaten the recipients with jail time if they don't immediately reach out to recruiters.
A military spokesperson confirmed that the Army is investigating the texts that seem to have started on Monday, CBS News' Catherine Herridge reports. They don't know the source or the motive, but the scam seems designed to capitalize on the conflict with Iran.
George Barnes, 18, received a text that read: "You've been marked eligible and must come to the nearest branch… for immediate departure to Iran."
"It got me really nervous because I'm still in high school," Barnes said.
On Wednesday, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) posted a "fact check" of the messages on Twitter. Military drafts ended after the Vietnam War, and were abolished by Congress in 1973, making the United States military volunteer only.
The texts have been received in states across the U.S. and don't seem to be targeting a certain age or gender. They come after the deployment of more than 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East, following last week's U.S. strike in Baghdad that killed Iran's most important general, Qassem Soleimani.
Commander Dave Henning is an Army recruiter in Jacksonville, Florida, where at least 50 cases have been confirmed by CBS News. He was listed as a contact on some of those messages.
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but, since my draft status has been reduced to "first after women and children" I'll give it a 
Considering that people are dumb enough to vote for Trump, and know nothing about how the government-or real life-works we might as well just laugh this shit off.
Just because Trump thinks Twitter is a real way to pass on government communications doesn't make it true. Text messages, too.
As you after women and kids is where we are 
especially after reading The Things They Carried.
