About the free webinar series
We are super fortunate to have Erin West and Paul Raffile join us, experts on two of the worst scams out there, Pig Butchering & Sextortion. Their activism has paved the way for a global, organized fight against these scams, and we look forward to talking to them about...
Scams in context: This isn’t just phishing and spam emails; this is human impact like sextortion and people losing their life savings.
The scam explosion: The issue is getting worse; volume is up YoY as criminal gangs turn to scam call centers as their most profitable form of crime.
Tactics to fight back: What should we do as companies, individuals, and an ecosystem to get better at detecting, sharing data and intelligence?
Actions you can take today: Getting the basics right, look for the hidden clues of scams. Look at cues like users' device, their behavior, and sudden changes.
Here's what you'll learn:
Your presenters:
Soups Ranjan
Co-Founder & CEO
Sardine
Soups is the co-founder and CEO of Sardine.AI, a VC funded company with the mission to “confidently load money into a digital wallet”, where Sardine takes care of fraud and compliance issues related to money movement and instantly funds the money in the wallet.Prior to founding Sardine, Soups was head of crypto for Revolut and head of data & risk for Coinbase.
Erin West
Deputy District Attorney
Santa Clara County
Proud to serve as prosecutor to REACT -- Santa Clara County's elite high tech investigative force -- who has taken down international SIM swappers, disrupted fraudulent call centers abroad and now is actively working to combat the romance investment scammers known as pig butcherers. I am particularly interested in assisting victims and being a resource to state and local law enforcement eager to enter the cryptocurrency investigation arena.
Paul Raffile
Threat Intelligence Analyst
Independent Financial Extortion Researcher
Paul is an intelligence professional with a focus on security risk analysis, investigations, and project management. He has developed strategic and tactical products for private sector, law enforcement, and military clients and currently develops security operations centers and fusion centers for Fortune 500 and global corporations.
PJ Rohall
Co-Founder
About Fraud
PJ guides the strategic roadmap. He leverages a strong understanding of the fraud ecosystem, both provider and practitioner, to strengthen community engagement and grow our fraud fighting network. Outside of About Fraud, PJ is VP, Fraud Strategy at Pasabi. He applies his domain expertise to lead product positioning and GTM efforts in the U.S. He works cross-functionally to enable revenue growth, grow brand awareness and feed intelligence into product innovation.