
The Westlake Police Department has issued an alert regarding a new sextortion scam targeting residents. Scammers are sending blackmail emails that use the real names of victims' spouses, claiming to have hacked into their computers. The emails demand Bitcoin payments or gift cards and threaten to release personal information if the demands are not met. This scam is part of a broader trend of sextortion schemes exploiting relationship insecurities. Police say it’s a mass scam.



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