Hosted by Erin West · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 62 episodes
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Scams, cryptofraud, investment fraud, celebrity impersonation, romance baiting, sexploitation, crypto ATM fraud, job scams, toll scams, human trafficking... Stolen is a weekly podcast that uncovers the global rise of the transnational scam industry. Stolen investigates the global rise of digital crime — and the people caught in the crossfire. Join host Erin West — prosecutor, cybercrime investigator, global keynote speaker, and your guide into the dark corners of the internet. Hear from law enforcement, cyberfraud experts, and the survivors who’ve lived through the crimes. These are the voices behind the head
Erin West hosts Stolen Podcast, a education show with 62 episodes published.
Episode 60: Anola Johnson thought LinkedIn was the one platform safe from scammers — professional, vetted, serious. A connection request two days after a work trip to Paris changed that. Over the following months, a char
Her heart stopped watching Mariana van Zeller climb into a boat to cross into Myanmar. In this episode of Stolen, Erin West sits down with the National Geographic journalist behind Trafficked to talk about the two minute
Episode 58: Despite his careful research and skepticism, scammers defrauded Syd of $50,000. Next came the challenge of dealing with law enforcement. Erin West sits down with a former securities industry professional who
Episode 57: A scammer can counterfeit your face, your voice, and your documents. What they can't fake is where your phone actually goes. That's the solution André Ferraz built. The founder of Incognia joins Erin to expla
What happens when a romance scam survivor sits down with the scientist who can explain exactly what was done to her? Last week you heard Kirsty's story. This week, Erin brings her together with Dr. Martina Dove, a fraud
Episode 55: A six-month romance fraud dismantled Kirsty’s finances, her sense of self, and nearly her life. In this deeply moving episode, Erin West speaks with Kirsty Guest — a single mother of four from the UK — about
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. “Cryptocurrency, whether you like it or not, is a means of moving
Episode 53: Who knew that creating a deepfake video that merged Will Smith and Cardi B into one person would become a viral success? Who knew that the creator of that video would now be focused on stopping the criminal u
Erin West and AARP's Kathy Stokes flip the script on the 50th episode of Stolen. It’s not about risky behavior. It’s that the scams are coming at us in every possible communication channel. We can’t avoid it. — Kathy Sto
Episode 52: UK survivor-turned-advocate Anna Rowe breaks down the brain chemistry behind romance fraud — cortisol, dopamine, trauma bonds — and why victims blame themselves instead of the criminals manipulating them. You
Episode 51: Erin West sits down with Dr. David Maimon, a Georgia State University professor and cybercrime researcher for SentiLink, to dig into what the data tells us about online fraud, where it’s headed, how scammers
Episode 49: BioCatch's Sharell Barshishat joins Erin West to dive deep into the fascinating (and alarming) intersection of banking, fraud, and technology. Sharell breaks down how tech is changing the fraud-fighting playb
Deep in Cambodia's remote border region, journalists Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Southern found something that wasn't on any map — a sprawling scam compound now known as Mansion 8. In this episode of Stolen, host Erin Wes
When no one believed them, The Eyewitness Project's Nathan and Lindsay kept reporting. Now the world is paying attention. Erin West talks with the investigative journalists whose frontline work in Cambodia is driving rea
Fraud Detective Marc Evans provides insight into how scammers use social engineering to scam individuals and businesses. Episode 46: Erin West sits down with Marc Evans, an active metropolitan fraud detective and the fou
AARP’s Amy Nofziger outlines why scams keep working, who they really target, and what actually helps people heal. Amy Nofziger has spent 24 years running AARP's Fraud Watch Network Helpline — and the one thing she wants
What if the person on your screen isn't real? Author and cybersecurity expert Perry Carpenter joins Erin West to break down how deepfakes, AI-generated voice cloning, and synthetic media have become the scammer's most po
Episode 43: Ken Westbrook shares how his mother got him into fighting scams, the challenge in measuring the scale of scams, and the actions the U.S. needs to take to better fight scams. When Ken Westbrook's elderly mothe
Episode 42: What do synthetic identities, bust-out credit card fraud, and pig butchering scams have in common? More than you'd think. In this episode of Stolen, Erin sits down with Steve Lenderman — a 26-year fraud preve
Episode 41: Erin West returns to Cambodia to investigate whether the world’s largest pig butchering scam operations are truly shutting down—or simply regrouping. From Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, she walks inside abandon
Kathy Stokes
Director of fraud prevention programs · AARP Fraud Watch Network
1 appearance on this show
David Maimon
Professor · Georgia State University
1 appearance on this show
Erin West
Learning and Support Teacher, Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction · Santa Clara County
5 appearances on this show
Nathan
Judge · StationX
1 appearance on this show
Lindsay
Financial Therapist · grief and life coaching
1 appearance on this show
Marc Evans
Red Big Foot
1 appearance on this show
Amy Nofziger
Senior Director of Fraud Victim Support · Fraud Victim Support
1 appearance on this show
Perry Carpenter
author of "FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions" · KnowBe4
1 appearance on this show
Steve Lenderman
Head of Fraud Prevention · isolved
1 appearance on this show
Paul Raffile
Senior Intelligence Analyst
1 appearance on this show
Matt Friedman
CEO · The Mekong Club
1 appearance on this show
Jay Jones
Democratic Nominee for Attorney General of Virginia in 2025 · Next Level 360 Performance
1 appearance on this show
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