Phishing scam targets Anthem data breach victims

Adding insult to injury, potential victims of the Anthem data breach may be the target of a new scam designed to exploit fears about the breach, the company warned customers Friday.

In an email to its customers, Anthem described the so-called "phishing" scheme in which scam artists send email messages that appear to be from the company, with a "click here" link for customers to click to sign up for credit monitoring.

The messages are not from Anthem, which advised customers it would contact them by mail -- not email or telephone -- with specific information about how to enroll in credit monitoring and identity protection services.

In its email, Anthem said anyone receiving one of the phishing messages should not click on the links, reply to the sender, open attachments or provide any information to the website if they do click on a link.