MENTOR, Ohio — Police in Mentor report scams targeting seniors are at an all-time high.

Good Morning Cleveland anchor Mike Brookbank spoke to Lt. Rich Slovenkay about the increase.

Slovenkay said detectives receive scam reports two to three times each week.

One Mentor woman lost more than $660,000 in a cryptocurrency scam. The scheme started with an unsolicited text message.

"The person who sent that text developed a friendship with that person, earned their trust and convinced that victim to invest in their fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme, and she lost a large amount of money," said Slovenkay.

Investment scams, including those involving cryptocurrency, are the riskiest, according to a new report from the Better Business Bureau .

Slovenkay said the best way to protect yourself is

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