Stolen Podcast with Erin West
The Stolen podcast is a weekly look into the hidden world of transnational digital crime. Join host Erin West — prosecutor, cybercrime investigator, global keynote speaker, and your guide into the dark corners of the internet.
Hear from law enforcement, cybersecurity experts, and the victims who’ve lived it. Erin investigates the global rise of digital crime — scams, cyber fraud, and other forms of online exploitation — and the people caught in the crossfire. These are the voices behind the headlines and the crimes that cross borders and boundaries.
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Explore previous episodes of the Stolen podcast.
Your Bank Might Know You’re Being Scammed Before You Do
Episode 49: Erin and BioCatch’s Sharell Barshishat dig into the fascinating (and alarming) intersection of fraud, banking, and technology strategies to commit — and fight — fraud.
Scam Solutions: Fighting Fraud from within the Banking Industry
Financial crimes expert Steve Lenderman joins the Stolen podcast to share expertise about fraud and how to more effectively use data to identify and prevent scams.
Scam Solutions: Fighting Scams with Smarter Tech
Episode 40: Scamnetic’s Al Pasqual on using technology to confirm identity, spot scam activity, and protect consumers from criminals that want to steal from them.
Scam Solutions: Disrupting the Economics of Scamming
Episode 39: Banking expert Donna Turner shares her perspective on the role that banking and financial services play in the fight against the scam industry.
Amazon Scam Call Evolves into Government Impersonation
Episode 32: Erin West interviews Jane, a survivor of a scam that involved multiple calls with supposed representatives of Amazon, her bank, and government agencies.
Modern Slavery and the Rise of Scam Compounds
Episode 28: Erin and Matt Friedman expose the brutality of human trafficking and forced criminality in scam compounds — and how we’re failing millions of people trapped in these systems.
What We Need to Do to Fight the Scamdemic
Episode 14: Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Matt O'Neill talks about what it takes to combat transnational organized crimes like pig-butchering scams, romance scams, and investment fraud.
Stolen Podcast: Episodes 41–50
Hear about what’s really going on in Cambodia following the government’s scam “crackdown,” how deepfakes work, and expert insight on solutions to fight fraud and the scam epidemic.