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Stolen Podcast

Stolen Podcast

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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 headlines and the crimes that cross borders and boundaries.

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Sozialwissenschaften True Crime
  • SOLUTIONS: How Gary Warner Is Disrupting Global Scam Networks (Ep 36)
    Jan 21 2026

    In this episode of Stolen, Erin West talks with cybercrime expert Gary Warner about the solution he helped build through Intelligence for Good—a nonprofit that provides solutions by identifying scam websites, tracing crypto wallets, and disrupting transnational fraud at scale.

    Gary explains how this model works in practice: his team uncovers fake investment platforms, extract wallet addresses, and feed that intelligence directly to crypto exchanges, analytics firms, and law enforcement partners—resulting in wallets being flagged, transactions blocked, and scam operations forced to rebuild from scratch.

    This is what real disruption looks like: not awareness alone, but making scams slower, more expensive, and harder to run. If you’re looking for a practical, scalable response to pig butchering scams and organized cybercrime, this episode shows what’s actually working.

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    41 Min.
  • SOLUTIONS: Taking Down a Scam Kingpin: Jake Sims on the arrest and extradition of Chen Zhi (Ep. 35)
    Jan 14 2026

    In this episode of Stolen, Erin West is joined by researcher and investigator Jake Sims to break down the unprecedented arrest and deportation of Chen Zhi, one of the most powerful scam kingpins operating out of Cambodia. They unpack how years of investigative journalism, evidence gathering, sanctions, and sustained pressure led to real accountability—and why this case matters for the global fight against pig butchering scams, human trafficking, and transnational organized crime. Erin and Jake also discuss what the arrest didn’t solve, the intelligence gaps it leaves behind, and what governments, media, and the private sector must do next to dismantle scam states for good.

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    47 Min.
  • Publisher’s Clearing House Scam: How My Family Was Targeted—and Why Awareness Isn’t Enough (Ep 34)
    Jan 9 2026

    Even scam-savvy families aren’t immune.

    In this episode of Stolen, host Erin West—former prosecutor and national expert on transnational fraud—shares a deeply personal story: how her own family member was devastated by a Publisher’s Clearing House scam, despite doing “everything right.”

    From coached gift card purchases at Target to fake FBI agents, burner phones, and an unrelenting flood of follow-on scams, Erin walks listeners through how modern fraud actually works—and why education and awareness alone are failing victims.

    This episode breaks down:

    • How Publisher’s Clearing House scams really operate

    • Why seniors remain vulnerable even with safeguards in place

    • How scammers maintain psychological control over victims

    • What happens after the first scam—and why victims are relentlessly retargeted

    • Why 2026 must be the year we move from awareness to real, scalable solutions

    Erin also lays out what’s next: the technologies, partnerships, and cross-industry collaboration that can stop scams before they reach our loved ones.

    If you think “this would never happen to my family,” this episode is for you.

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    15 Min.
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