Warnings about ‘phishing’ emails

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS

After a huge hack, Anthem is warning about “phishing” scam emails that are targeting people it insures or has insured in the past.

The company behind Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance this week said hackers accessed records of about 80 million people, including names, Social Security numbers and email addresses.

Anthem Inc. said Friday that the scam emails did not come from Anthem but are meant to look like they do. The emails instruct individuals to click on a link for credit-monitoring services.

Anthem, which is the country’s second-biggest insurer, told individuals that they should not click on any links in suspicious emails as well as to not open attachments or reply to the emails.

Anthem said that it will send physical mail through the U.S. Postal Service with information on how to sign up for credit monitoring.

Anthem also said it is not calling people, and if they get a call, it is from a scam artist trying to obtain personal data.