MIDLAND, Texas — The FBI is warning the general public to be on the lookout for potential open enrollment scammers this holiday season.
Many across the country are now looking for new health insurance plans or trying to transfer out of their current plan.
Jeanette Harper, a public affairs officer with the FBI, gave some insight into how a potential scam call may sound.
“This is just a classical spin on impersonation scams, so we’re seeing a lot of phone calls where individuals say they are representatives of different health care companies or Medicare representatives," Harper said. "They sound very nice on the phone, they sound professional, and they may even have some of your information.”
Harper also had some suggestions for how to respond if you fall victim to a scam call.
“You need to call financial institutions to stop payment," Harper said. "You need to call ftc.gov or you can go to ic3.gov, go online and submit a fraud tip. But you also want to go to identitytheft.gov, where they have a lot of free resources on what you can do if you are a victim of identity theft.”