{"id":24713,"date":"2025-11-04T21:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/24713\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:38:08","slug":"ag-warns-pennsylvania-residents-to-be-alert-for-insurance-scams-during-open-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/24713\/","title":{"rendered":"AG warns Pennsylvania residents to be alert for insurance scams during open enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said insurance scams may be on the rise as open enrollment kicks off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The AG\u2019s office said they are seeing a growing number of fake websites representing health insurance companies. Authorities stated that these websites are created by scammers attempting to collect personal information and payments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201dScammers today try to attach their scams to trending events and happenings, making them more believable and increasing their chances of success,\u201d Attorney General Sunday said. \u201cIf you are using the marketplace to shop for a new health insurance plan this year, be sure you are practicing due diligence. Do not let scammers prevent you from accessing necessary medical care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sunday said scammers will often try to rush people into falling for their scheme by offering limited-time offers, sometimes claiming they are offering a lower monthly cost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A good tool to check the validity of health insurance offers is Pennie.com. The website is Pennsylvania\u2019s official health insurance marketplace. Pennie can be reached over the phone at 1-844-844-8040.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Anyone who believes they have fallen victim to a health insurance scam is asked to contact the Attorney General\u2019s Health Care Section at 1-877-888-4877 or by filing a complaint <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.gqh-2BaxUzlo7XKIuSly0rC-2BfjGxkJJgs7PKCoQSAlnk120dbERpgxIOF26ufCr58NJ6oLvG2GMuwAx8P9gk2HpATWSqxGqQlPx2SCRXElM5kdJA7ib20hwlN503PFnplXTF5U_BlnTDxY75aDV0ir0UsvB3EIFImnajgDWaBZ69wGiAjcUtu9YmDEqQq3H8P2psCDiSU3qDL2HTzDVavnoYnXpV1HI-2F9KSBXBuHZHtUVnh-2BAajZ0LWI9enVXuIErXSzQf85KwOXbpA5tX7eaJCzmQO09LhirUE4TFdFVb4GOSDAihfoJtbt1fPaQANQBGmhb-2BYwOOR7x9u-2BnMGDfc0JS-2BxjWAMIdT-2FMozgatRvV-2BjRDDuWA-2FyqYUOSJ-2F0KapsUoL6KawsxNcMcgPK2MDBYBzRvbhrBetmWBn2ph6glWqvvDssFkQzcG7wJX5nk6LntD-2FGFb00ZLfQWy9xv1guVDRmz3Q-3D-3D__;!!F8-Dj6fVkZI!fADL4MFUqZkmckoLEF0TBUs2lAgt3B4ZEjAu6JxhOqyVyzqkSEHrvsGlkyuxIcMxyhGWAkfZzaHGz9Lg968$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said insurance scams may be on the rise as open enrollment kicks off.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16389,4860,16390,16391,60,16392,16393,1124,31,16394,16395,1879,3841,16396,16397,16398,10716,3856,16399,8633,16400,3858,16401,3295,16402,2008,5684,16403,28,30,29,16404,13560,16405,16406,7363,663,3860,16407,16408,7366,4757,503,16409,16410,7369],"class_list":["post-24713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-alert","tag-attack","tag-authentication","tag-breach","tag-business","tag-businessperson","tag-communication","tag-corporate","tag-crime","tag-cyber","tag-cyberspace","tag-danger","tag-datum","tag-electronic-mail","tag-encryption","tag-firewall","tag-fraud","tag-hacker","tag-identity","tag-inbox","tag-laptop","tag-message","tag-mobile","tag-network","tag-notification","tag-office","tag-online","tag-password","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-phishing","tag-protection","tag-risk","tag-safeguard","tag-safety","tag-scam","tag-security","tag-software","tag-spam","tag-surveillance","tag-system","tag-technology","tag-threat","tag-virus","tag-warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}