Overall tips and red flags to look out for: Scammers can spoof phone numbers. They can even spoof official phone numbers and make it look like they’re calling from your bank, the IRS, your local Sheriff’s office, etc. Government entities will NEVER call you and ask you for confidential information. Companies rarely do either. They will contact you through snail mail. If someone calls you asking for something that makes you uncomfortable, tell them you will call them back and then get the phone number directly from the official website, not in Google/Bing/Yahoo search, or any website that was given to you on the call. Scammers sometimes buy ads through Google/Bing/Yahoo so their fraudulent website appears on top when you search for whoever the scammer is claiming to be. If anyone calls you and asks you to read them a verification code that was texted to you, hang up. They’re trying to hack into one of your accounts. If anyone calls you and asks “can you hear me?” or a question t...