This pertains to any calls or emails that you get from ANYONE!
No matter who contacts you, whether they claim to be your bank, your insurance company, any retailer, or whatever, never ever trust that they are who they say they are. Tell them thank you and that you will handle it on your own and hang up. Do not let them try to convince you that your account is in any kind of danger. Just hang up.
Same with emails.
Never click on any links or open any attachments.
If they claim to be your bank, call your bank directly. Separately. Never trust anyone who calls you out of the blue.
“Do not let them try to convince you that your account is in any kind of danger. Just hang up.”
Sometimes I like to mess with them. Try to get them to tell me where they are, or what their real name is.
They never do, but it aggravates them.