Additional Information for Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Highmark Health has received reports from individuals that are either receiving phone calls or being contacted via Google Hangout/Upwork.com.  regarding various jobs with Highmark.  Individuals claiming to be employees of Highmark are offering non-existent positions within the company.  While the email addresses look convincing and reference ‘highmark’ in the email address, they do not have a ‘highmark.com’ exchange and instead are using email addresses with an exchange of ‘gmail.com’.  The scam caller is asking individuals to purchase a gift card, share their completed W-4, driver’s license, birth certificate and credit card information.

These contacts are NOT from Highmark!

If you receive a suspicious phone call or email from someone claiming to be from Highmark offering you a position that you never applied for, please do not respond or provide any personal information to the caller. It is best to simply hang up immediately.

If you have fallen victim to the scam and you have surrendered personal information that is otherwise considered confidential and sensitive (SSN, W-4, driver’s license, birth certificate, credit card information), we suggest that you do the following:

*Contact your local law enforcement authorities

*Contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at www.ftc.gov  to report the scam

*Sign up for credit monitoring services