Security experts stress the need to remind those participating in open enrollment about the dangers of phishing. The open enrollment scams typically involve e-mails that purport to be official communications about health insurance but link the user to a fake employee or government web portal designed to collect personal information that can be used to commit fraud. Even before new state health insurance exchanges launched on Oct. 1, scammers began sending consumers spam containing the terms “Medicare,” “enrollment” and “medical insurance” A recent incident at St. Louis University demonstrates the scams can hit at any time.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/open-enrollment-phishing-season-a-6135