India, July 12 -- A phone scam was so convincing that veteran CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman admits he nearly walked into his bank and emptied his account before realizing something was terribly wrong.

In a video shared Friday on his X account, Gutman talked about receiving a call from someone claiming to work in his bank's "fraud protection" department. The caller introduced herself by name, provided a badge ID and appeared to have detailed knowledge of his personal banking information.

Gutman joined CBS News in January. He is based in Los Angeles.

"They seemed to know so much about me, about my bank account," Gutman said. "And then they said, 'Listen, we suspect that there is significant fraud activity at the bank branch where yo...