PEPPER PIKE, Ohio — Every day, scammers are out there targeting you and your loved ones, and I have a reminder to talk to your parents or grandparents about an online threat I continue to report on despite countless warnings.
I'm talking about impersonation scams.
An 82-year-old Pepper Pike man is out thousands of dollars, and the money he was told was in his account by accident.
He was contacted by someone he thought was an employee from PayPal, claiming the company had overpaid him $15,000.
The man withdrew the cash from his bank and met the suspect in a public setting, where cameras and license plate readers captured the information detectives needed.
I spoke with Pepper Pike Sgt. Eric Kuznik, who is working on this case.
He tells me two men in their 20s were allegedly acting as "