SOLUTIONS: Taking Down a Scam Kingpin: Jake Sims on the arrest and extradition of Chen Zhi (Ep. 35)
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 opera...
14 Jan 47min
Publisher’s Clearing House Scam: How My Family Was Targeted—and Why Awareness Isn’t Enough (Ep 34)
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...
9 Jan 14min
Sextortion Is Killing Kids: Inside the Financial Sextortion Scam Targeting Teen Boys with Paul Raffile (Ep 33)
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 motiva...
24 Dec 202535min
How a Fake Amazon Call Turned Into a Full-Blown Government Impersonation Scam (Ep 32)
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...
17 Dec 202546min
Meta, Scam Ads, and the First Scam-Driven Border Conflict: Jake Sims Breaks It Down (Ep 31)
In this explosive episode of Stolen, Erin West sits down with Jake Sims—Harvard fellow and global expert on transnational organized crime—to unpack two massive developments: the damning Reuters leak a...
10 Dec 202542min
The House Is On Fire: Erin West’s 2026 Blueprint to End the Scamdemic (Ep. 30)
Erin West delivers the keynote she planned give at the American summit of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance—an unfiltered, no-fluff breakdown of the global scam crisis, Southeast Asia’s compounds, Big Tec...
3 Dec 202518min
Human Trafficking Survivor Small Q Exposes Pig Butchering Scam Compounds in Myanmar (Ep. 29)
Join Erin West in Entebbe, Uganda, for an extraordinary conversation with Small Q, a survivor of two of Southeast Asia's most notorious scam compounds. In this eye-opening episode, Small Q reveals the...
26 Nov 202534min
The Hidden Crisis: Matt Friedman Breaks Down Modern Slavery and the Rise of Scam Compounds (Ep 28)
In this powerful episode of Stolen, Erin West sits down with global anti-trafficking expert Matt Friedman—CEO of the Mekong Club and one of the most experienced voices in the fight against modern slav...
19 Nov 202557min
