ATLANTA, Ga. - Scammers are targeting those searching for affordable health insurance during open enrollment, sending unsolicited text messages that offer help finding cheaper health care plans.

Open enrollment is underway as families face higher insurance costs due to enhanced tax credits set to expire on marketplace plans and rising health care costs overall.

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One Georgia resident received three texts in a matter of hours:

The messages contained several red flags, including inconsistent capitalization and unclear abbreviations like “self emp.” which may have been attempting to reference self-employed individuals. All messages came from random area codes a

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