Tulsa, Okla. – The Sheriff's office of the Wagoner County arrested a man who was accused of a “disturbing pattern of stalking and harassment”.
The deputies pursued a domestic disorder when the investigators found enough evidence to arrest Wesley Hamilton.
Hamilton has supposedly secretly installed a GPS tracker in the car of his ex-girlfriend. He also had eight separate apps on his phone to follow her location, officials said. He sent her hundreds of texts and threatened some of her friends.
Another accusation is that Hamilton cloned their phone, which said serious concerns about the law enforcement that he may have used the cloned device to hear private conversations.
The affidavit says that the woman has repeatedly asked Hamilton to stop and said that she no longer wanted to be in a relationship with him. He supposedly told her that this was not her decision.
According to OSCN, Hamilton had several protective instructions against him and a list of other charges.
Hamilton is now under Bond. His next hearing is August 6th.
Here are some tips to protect yourself from the phone clone:
- Keep your phone safe: Protect your phone and SIM card from physical theft or loss.
- Be careful with public WiFi: Avoid the public WLAN for sensitive transactions.
- Update your software regularly: Keep the operating system and apps of your phone up to date to spark security gaps.
- Use strong passwords: Use strong, clear passwords for your online accounts.
- Activate the two-factor authentication: Activate the two-factor authentication on all of your online accounts for additional security.
- Monitor your accounts regularly: keep your telephone bill, online accounts and bank statements in mind for unusual activities.
- Be careful with unwanted messages: Avoid clicking on the left or opening attachments from unknown senders.
If you suspect that someone cloned your phone, you can find how you recognized it:
- Check IMEI: Section *# 06# on your phone to display the IMEI and compare it to that in the field of the phone or settings of the phone.
- Monitoring of the account activity: Check your call protocols, text messages and online accounts for suspicious activities.
- Check location services: Check on iPhones in Settings> Data Protection & Safety> Location Services “Share my location”. For Androids you will find my device.
- Contact your freight forwarder: If you suspect, clone, contact your telephone operator immediately to report the problem and check your account status.
- Check telephone settings and apps: Check the settings of your phone and installed apps for everything that has suspicious or unknown people.
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