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Erin West, Deputy District Attorney of California\u2019s Santa Clara County, has heard firsthand tales of scammers preying on victims for hundreds of thousands of dollars. She joins the show to explain the scamming technique known as \u201cpig butchering,\u201d how it is estimated to have raked in tens of billions worldwide, and why it has led to suicide in some cases. West makes the case for why victims need empathy and how law enforcement is working with exchanges to claw back scammed funds.\n\nShow highlights:\n\nErin\u2019s background and how she started investigating crypto crimes\n\nwhat exactly the \u201cpig butchering\u201d method entails \u2014 and why it\u2019s called that\n\nwhat kind of people scammers are targeting\n\nthe devastating stories that have arisen from these crypto scams\n\nfresh intel on where the fraudsters are located\n\nwhether the scammers may be connected to foreign governments\xa0\n\nhow the victims are often turned away by U.S. law enforcement agencies\n\nhow Erin\u2019s agency was able to return almost $1 million to victims late last year\n\nwhat local agencies can do to address these problems\n\nhow law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are lacking crypto education\n\nthe workshops Erin has been leading to help such agencies get educated\n\nthe relatively low number of NFT-related scams her agency has dealt with so far\n\nwhat Erin recommends for victims of \u201cpig butchering\u201d scams\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\n\nCrypto.com\n\nFTSE\n\nHalborn\n\nNYU\n\n\nLinks\n\nSIM Swaps and Pig Butchering scams:\xa0\n\nForbes: Hackers Have Stolen Millions Of Dollars In Bitcoin -- Using Only Phone Numbers\nWIRED: What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?\n\nPodcast on Indian telemarketing scams: Chameleon: Scam Likely \u2014 Campside Media\n\nGuests:\nErin:\nLinkedIn\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices