Scam Rangers

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Scam Rangers - A podcast about the human side of fraud and the people who are on a mission to protect us. We will hear from activists, researchers, prosecutors, human trafficking experts and other advocates, telling the story of scams and scam victims from their perspectives. Most importantly - we can learn what we can do about it. If you are enjoying this show, subscribe, and follow me on LinkedIn for more information and news about online scams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayelet-biger-levin/

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Recent Episodes
  • Turning the Tables: A Deep Dive into Scam Call Centers, a Conversation with Jim Browning, Scambaiter and YouTuber
    May 26, 2025 – 49:20
  • Demystifying Scam Fog: You Can't Fix What You Don't Measure, A Conversation with Peter Tapling, Managing Director PTap Advisory
    Apr 25, 2025 – 41:47
  • How Australia Slashed Scam Losses by 30% & What's Missing in the U.S., A Conversation with Ken Palla, Former Director, MUFG Union Bank
    Mar 17, 2025 – 49:44
  • Deceptive Practices: A Deep Dive into Online Scammers' Behavior, A conversation with David Maimon, Professor at Georgia State University
    Dec 20, 2024 – 48:32
  • The Australian Formula for Tackling Scams: A Shared Responsibility Approach, A conversation with Toby Evans, Head of Economic Crime, Australian Payments Network
    Sep 27, 2024 – 45:12
  • Empowering Customers Against Scams: The Power of Storytelling, A conversation with Kathelijne Swaak and Niels Vink, Fraud prevention leaders at ABN AMRO Bank
    Sep 4, 2024 – 46:14
  • Sextortion: The Evil Scam Targeting our Teens in Their Bedrooms, A Conversation with Paul Raffile, Senior Intelligence Analyst
    Jun 1, 2024 – 42:09
  • Getting in Front of the Scam: How to Build Trust With Your Customers, A conversation with Hailey Windham, a Credit Union Fraud Fighter
    May 16, 2024 – 43:54
  • Coordinated Action: The Key to a National Strategy Against Scams, A conversation with Ken Westbrook, CEO and Founder of Stop Scams Alliance
    Apr 17, 2024 – 40:20
  • Is Fraud Prevention the New Customer Service? A Conversation with Karen Boyer, SVP Financial Crimes and Fraud Intelligence, M&T Bank
    Feb 6, 2024 – 41:58
  • Will Regulation Drive Action? Reimbursement and Liability in Online Scams, A Conversation with Ken Palla, Retired Director, MUFG Union Bank
    Dec 28, 2023 – 53:42
  • Online Scam Awareness That Sticks: How to Get Marketing on Board, With Gabriel Friedlander, CEO of Wizer - Free Security Awareness Training
    Dec 12, 2023 – 41:54
  • Crypto Investment Scams: How it started. How it's going, with Cezary Podkul ,Reporter at ProPublica
    Nov 21, 2023 – 35:31
  • Identity Theft Forever - The Real People Behind Fake Profile Pics, with Bryan Denny, Co-Founder, Advocating Against Romance Scammers
    Oct 19, 2023 – 42:48
  • Standing Boldly Against Romance Scams: Empowering Victims on the Path to Recovery, with Cecilie Fjellhøy and Anne Rowe, Co-Founder of LoveSaid
    Oct 5, 2023 – 47:01
  • Hearts Exposed: Navigating the Boundaries of Free Speech and Scam Crimes, with Kathy Waters, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Advocating Against Romance Scammers
    Sep 22, 2023 – 30:25
  • Mind Games: The Psychology Behind Scams, A conversation with Alan Castel, Professor at UCLA Psychology, Expert in Memory, Cognition and Aging
    Sep 7, 2023 – 39:21
  • Defying Romance Scams: Cracking the Seductive Script, A conversation with Ruth Grover, Founder of Scam Haters United
    Aug 25, 2023 – 42:04
  • Unveiling Deception: Business Email Compromise Crusaders Unite., a conversation with Ronnie Tokazowski , founder of the BEC Working Group
    Aug 10, 2023 – 43:48
  • Scam-Proofing Social Media: The Good, The Bad, and The Reality , A conversation with Assaf Kipnis, ex-Facebook Integrity Team lead
    Jul 20, 2023 – 48:46
  • The eLegal Challenge of Online Scams - Fighting New Crimes with Old Laws - A conversation with Erin West and Alona Katz, District Attorneys and scam fighters
    Jul 6, 2023 – 47:49
  • Hang Up on Fraud: Tackling Robocalls and Scam Calls, A conversation with Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail
    Jun 22, 2023 – 37:39
  • Untangling the Scam - A Fraud Specialist's Mission (im)Possible, A conversation with Tiffany Paulsen, Fraud Specialist
    Jun 8, 2023 – 30:36
  • Insights from the E-Fraud Global Forum on Online Scams and Countermeasures, with Uri Rivner, CEO, Refine Intelligence
    May 24, 2023 – 36:24
  • Fighting Scams on a Global Scale - Collaborating to Win, With Jorij Abraham, Global Anti Scam Alliance
    May 10, 2023 – 31:04
  • Combatting Scams With Technology and Collaboration: A conversation with Nicola Staub, CEO and Co Founder, Cybera
    Apr 12, 2023 – 36:06
  • Tech-Infused Social Engineering - A conversation with Frank McKenna, Chief Fraud Strategist, PointPredictive
    Mar 29, 2023 – 39:52
  • Coffee Chat: Fraud, Scam and Cybersecurity, a conversation with Lital Asher Dotan and Didi Dotan, a married couple in Cybersecurity.
    Mar 18, 2023 – 39:20
  • The Dark Art of Social Engineering - Manipulation and Deception in Online Scams
    Mar 3, 2023 – 26:45
  • Taking Action Across the Scam Lifecycle
    Feb 23, 2023 – 25:30
  • The Intersection of Scams and Human Crime : A Call to Action - A Conversation with Ian Mitchell, Founder, The Knoble and Mission Omega
    Feb 16, 2023 – 36:31
  • Do they really need to re-confirm my address? An Online Merchant's dilemma - A Conversation with Abigail Bishop, Head of External Relations, Scam Prevention, Amazon
    Feb 9, 2023 – 27:23
  • The Tricky Side OF Romance Scams : A Private Investigator's View - A conversation with Chris Salgado, CEO of All Point Investigations
    Feb 2, 2023 – 37:42
  • Stories From The Trenches: A Fraud fighter's Perspective - A conversation with Seth Ruden, Former Fraud Strategy Leader At First Tech Federal Credit Union
    Jan 26, 2023 – 29:17
  • Unpacking the Regulatory Landscape around Online Scams - A conversation with Ken Palla, former Director at MUFG Union Bank of California
    Jan 19, 2023 – 34:19
  • What should banks do to protects us from scams? A Conversation with Julie Conroy, Aite-Novarica Group
    Jan 12, 2023 – 32:55
  • The Plot Thickens - Human Trafficking and Scams - A conversation with Matt Friedman, Expert in Modern Slavery
    Jan 5, 2023 – 32:19
  • Can We Recover from Crypto Scams? A Conversation with Erin West, Cybercrime and Crypto Prosecutor
    Dec 30, 2022 – 38:39
  • Let's talk about SHAME - with Kathy Stokes, Director of fraud prevention programs at AARP
    Dec 28, 2022 – 26:49
  • Scam Ranger Trailer - The WHY
    Dec 27, 2022 – 05:11
Recent Reviews
  • C.M. Talbert
    Thank you for the podcast on sextortion with Paul Raffile
    This is a very important topic and I appreciate you covering it.
  • Ophir- Santa Barbara
    Super important and useful!
    Thank you for sharing
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