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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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  • 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 m
  • Sextortion Is Killing Kids: Inside the Financial Sextortion Scam Targeting Teen Boys with Paul Raffile (Ep 33)
    Dec 24 2025

    In this episode of Stolen, Erin West sits down with sextortion expert Paul Raffile to expose the fastest-growing and most lethal online scam targeting teen boys. They break down how financially motivated sextortion works, who’s behind it, why cases are exploding, and what parents, platforms, and law enforcement must do now to stop it. This is a conversation every parent needs to hear.

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    36 m
  • How a Fake Amazon Call Turned Into a Full-Blown Government Impersonation Scam (Ep 32)
    Dec 17 2025

    Jane thought she was talking to Amazon, her bank, the FTC, and the Social Security Administration. She wasn’t. Over the course of several days, scammers used authority, isolation, and fear to walk her—step by step—into withdrawing and shipping her own money in what felt like a legitimate government process.

    In this episode of Stolen, host Erin West breaks down a highly sophisticated phone scam that nearly wiped Jane out—and explains why this can happen to smart, cautious people. You’ll hear exactly how the scam worked, why it felt real at every turn, and how one bank manager asking a single question stopped it before it went even further.

    This episode exposes the psychology behind modern financial fraud, the danger of shame and silence, and why survivor stories are one of the most powerful tools we have to stop the scamdemic.

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    46 m
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