All good advice. The scammers/thieves are very clever.
A goid practice to follow is if someone contacts you claiming to be from a business, or government, or anyone requesting money or personal information,
Always question it. Do checks to see if they are legitimate, imposters, scams, etc.
Ask close family for their opinion.
I have a close family member who was taken for thousands over months. All she had to do was let someone know ir was happening. She isn't a dumb person, the scamming was very through. At her age, the financial loss, and unfortunately the loss of confidence in her reasoning, is, unfortunate. All she had to do was question it.