WESTLAKE, Ohio — As you’re getting ready for the holiday, cybersecurity expert, Alex Hamerstone, suggests setting time aside to speak with your family about the risk of being scammed.
“I really think we’re at the point now where people need to not do anything at the result of a phone call,” said Hamerstone, an Advisory Solutions Director at TrustedSec.
This suggestion comes after Captain Jerry Vogel said two Westlake senior adults have now lost thousands of dollars all because they’re being tricked to deposit their money into crypto ATM machine.
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Vogel said the most recent incident involved an 85-year-old Westlake man, who received an unexpected pop-up on his computer that said his device an

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