Stolen Podcast

About Stolen Podcast

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 (https://operationshamrock.org/about/erin) — 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.

Publisher

Erin West

Category

education · society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Apr 2025

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

19 of 75 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Scammers Leave Digital Footprints: A Detective’s Case for Why Scams Can Be Solved (Brian Mason)

   Host Erin West interviews Detective Brian Mason of the Edmonton Police Service about how digital footprints and partnerships solve ongoing scams.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Smoke and Mirrors: Scam Crackdowns in Cambodia and Myanmar

   Host Erin West interviews transnational organized crime expert Jason Tower about why scam crackdowns in Cambodia and Myanmar merely relocate criminal operations to new regions.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Small-town Police Officer Takes on the Big World of Crypto Fraud (Mike Bliss)

   Host Erin West interviews Officer Mike Bliss as he shares his journey investigating crypto fraud and empowering fellow officers.

Inside a recent episode

Scammers Leave Digital Footprints: A Detective’s Case for Why Scams Can Be Solved (Brian Mason)

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And what that is, is that's a joint operation between my agency and U.S. Secret Service. It's the Collin County Sheriff's Department down in Texas. And what we do is we ingest live scam intelligence. And this is scams in progress in the moment when things are actually going on. And we use that to try and get in touch with victims and try and stop scams in real time when they're happening. Well, if it's just law enforcement working that you're not going to be super successful, you need other partners. So we actually have Coordinated is single points of contact within financial institutions, within cryptocurrency exchanges, telecommunication providers, to where we can actually call someone from the bank, not just an intake line, but a specific person. […]

Who has been a guest on Stolen Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Brian Mason
• Jason Tower
• Mike Bliss
• Matt Mortvedt
• Jessica McGraw

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

40 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

30

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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