Genuine banks and organizations will NOT contact you by email to request confidential and personal information. If you receive an email, phone call or other message supposedly from your bank or another organization requesting your personal details, delete the message or hang up your phone. Even if the email or message urges you to act quickly, do not panic – this is just a trick to make you respond immediately without giving you a chance to verify whether it is a scam. Be cautious of links in emails and text messages and call the bank or company yourself to verify the message.