No one can say yet whether mycoverageinfo.com is a scam. If insurance calls or texts followed a web form, treat them as unverified.
About 1,000 people a month search whether mycoverageinfo.com is safe, and the honest answer is that nobody can say yet. No malware report for the site turned up in abuse.ch's URLhaus list. But the site was never visited and no test was run on it, so it is neither cleared nor accused.
A search count is not evidence against a site. URLhaus collects reports of harmful files or links. An empty result there means no one reported one, not that the site is honest. A registration lookup returned nothing usable, so the age of the domain and its owner are unknown.
Who runs the site is unknown. So is whether it sells insurance or passes details to others, whether it holds a licence, and whether any call or text really came from it. A caller can use any name, so a message that mentions the address does not prove the site sent it.
The people most at risk filled in an online insurance quote form and then got calls or texts. Health insurance shoppers and older relatives are the main concern. The small print near a form's submit button often says your details may be shared.
Anyone who has not been contacted can relax for now. For everyone else, the steps in the alert box above apply. The FTC advises using a phone number or website you verified yourself, and getting plan details in writing. It also says to learn the difference between a health insurance plan and a medical discount plan.
Until more is known, treat any insurance call or text after a web form as unverified and share no Social Security, bank or card number.
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