[TheProfessor]

Lost $175,000. Gone.

Older gentleman.
Either got a telephone call or an email.
Stating something was wrong with his bank account in a local Lakes Region bank.

Without all of the details. At home on his computer.
He transferred money out of his account and "back" into his account.
To him, all seemed to be legitimate.
An "official" bank security employee was going to "correct" the "errors" in his bank account.

Without all of the minutiae of the transaction details/process. Bottom line.
He ultimately actually got out of his home chair and visited the local bank.

Somehow. Some or all of the money had been transferred to some obscure place in the form of Bitcoins.

The bank did get some of the money back. But not all.

Does anyone else get telephone calls or emails or text messages stating that there is a problem with the bank, credit card, IRS, Amazon, etc ?

What would you do if you received such a telephone call? Would you provide all sorts of private information to an unsolicited telephone call?
What would you do if you received such an email? Would you "click" on the link in the email to "fix" the problem?