WARNING. just had half an hour of being (attempted) scammed

I was walking down the street and my phone went. Someone from the financial conduct agency. He gave me some spiel about attempted ID theft. Have I used these crypto companies and can I check my bank account for dodgy transactions? Seemed plausible up to a point. My bank has occasionally asked the same things.

Let slip I was on another exchange and he asked me to check balance there. Starting to get suspicious. Ask him to email me from his works email just to prove he was who he was. He said he would but we had to bump up my security first. He said the magic words private key and it is now obviously a scam. He obviously wanted me to transfer my crypto to VA safe account. Controlled by him.

It sounded so plausible but with no proof or evidence of who he was. I suspect if I knew squat about crypto I would have done whatever he said.

So folks, let’s be careful out there.