Phishing scams are still very common, but particularly clever attempts are increasing and can deceive even those who are aware of them. In the moment, reading something which mounts pressure on you to verify or give up information can easily make you trip up and overlook a scam. You simply cannot trust all emails, no matter what the body of the message says. Verifying authentic emails has never been more important, and remains your best bet in beating the fraudsters. Companies that don't have the proper security procedures in place can often leave themselves and their customers vulnerable to a social engineering attack, but constant delivery of training is vital to make people aware of the problem and raise a zero-trust policy. If you have fallen for a scam like this, it’s a race against the clock to reverse the damage caused, by calling the bank or changing all those passwords recently divulged.  Read Less