Stolen uncovers the hidden world of transnational digital crime. Join host Erin West — former prosecutor, now cybercrime investigator, global keynote speaker, and your guide into the dark corners of the scam industry. >> Stolen Home Page
Episode 60: Scam survivor Anola Johnson shares her story of a romance scam and what she learned about manipulation, social media, and how to turn her experience into advocacy.
Episode 59: One of the few western journalists to cross the border into Myanmar, award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller shares her insight with Erin West.
Episode 57: Incognia’s André Ferraz provides a look at how location-based identity verification can reshape scam and fraud prevention.
Episode 56: Dr. Martina Dove uses a real-life romance scam story to explain the psychological strategies scammers use to manipulate their targets.
Episode 55: A scammer used calculated, precise psychological manipulation in a six-month romance fraud that dismantled Kirsty’s finances, her sense of self, and nearly her life.
Episode 54: Keven Hendricks, a 20-year law enforcement veteran, pulls back the curtain on the dark web and the connections with cybercrime and drug sales.
Episode 53: Carl Bogan and Erin talk about the evolution of deepfakes — from his pioneering viral video to today’s need to protect businesses and consumers from scams and fraud.
Episode 52: Anna Rowe, fraud survivor and co-founder of LoveSaid.org, explains why romance fraud works and why it’s important change the language people use to talk about it.
Episode 51: Dr. David Maimon joins Erin to discuss what research reveals about online fraud, how scammers select their victims, and why we need to look in a different direction to prevent fraud.
