 The reality is, if you're contacted by anyone over social media, email, text, or phone call who says they're from any of these five organizations, more often than not, they are con artists trying to steal from you. But it doesn't have to be just these five. Anytime you're contacted by any supposed organization, know you have to be extra skeptical, especially when they want personal information or your money for anything. Clark is WHIO's consumer warrior.