In this episode, “The democratization of fraud meets fraud-as-a-service (FaaS),” Sift Trust and Safety Architects discuss how evolving methods of both casual and commercialized fraud present an increasing risk to online businesses and consumers

Episode 41 | The U.S. Secret Service Investigates Global Pig Butchering Scams

Nov 30th, 2022 21m 20s

Crypto-based fraud is on the rise and evolving inside a disrupted market. In this episode of the Digital Trust & Safety Insider Podcast, Sift Trust and Safety Architect Jeff Sakasegawa speaks with Special Agent Shawn Bradstreet about the U.S. S

Episode 40 | Beating The Odds In The Fraud Economy (part 2)

Nov 16th, 2022 30m 30s

Gaming and gambling operators haven’t had decades to figure out the fight against online fraud. At best, they’ve had a few years, all marked with global economic disruption and digital transformation. Businesses in every market and at every sta

Episode 39 | Beating The Odds In The Fraud Economy (part 1)

Oct 1st, 2022 22m 53s

Episode 38 | The Endless Summer Of Fraud

Jun 30th, 2022 20m 48s

As we mark the second anniversary of COVID-19, online providers are once again facing disrupted consumer demand and behavior, supply chain shortages, unchecked inflation, and global socioeconomic unrest. Jeff Sakasegawa, Trust and Safety Archit

Episode 37 | The Pig Butchers Of Crypto

May 13th, 2022 19m 54s

In this episode of the Digital Trust & Safety Insider Podcast, Trust & Safety Architect Jane Lee sits down with Host Arwen Heredia to share her experience exposing an emerging romance-meets-crypto scam known as Pig Butchering.

Fraud Fighting in the Time of COVID-19

Jul 28th, 2020 18m 15s

We're back! In this new episode of Trust & Safety in Numbers, Sift Trust and Safety Architect and new host, Jeff Sakasegawa, sits down with Sift CEO, Jason Tan, to discuss how the pandemic has accelerated a global digital transformation, the ro

Building a Hybrid Fraud-Fighting Approach

Apr 30th, 2019 8m 59s

Sahil Farooqi, head of customer care & safety at Rently, shares how his innovative startup builds a hybrid fraud-fighting solution that combines the efficiency of machine learning with the nuance of the human eye.

Digital Trust & Safety Digital Trust & Safety 101: The Whats and Whys

Mar 19th, 2019 13m 39s

Innovators like Twitter, Airbnb, and Google are adopting a Digital Trust & Safety approach to risk and revenue. But what is it, and how does it benefit you? Industry veterans Kevin Lee and Jeff Sakasegawa share the hows and whys of Digital Trus

Customer Card Scams: An Existential Threat

Feb 19th, 2019 8m 58s

Customer card scams pose an existential threat to e-commerce sites and brick-and-mortar stores alike. Daniel Aaronson shares insights from Square and the financial space to help you understand and fight this insidious threat.

Data Breaches: Lessons and Insights

Jan 8th, 2019 16m 35s

Data breaches are so common that it's easy to tune them out. But Cameron D'Ambrosi, host of the State of Identity podcast, helps us understand why data breaches matter for your business and how you should rethink your fraud-fighting methods.

Data Breaches and Nonprofits: Surprising Vulnerabilities

Dec 11th, 2018 8m 7s

When you think of data breaches, nonprofits probably don't come to mind. But their sensitive data and lack of resources leave them uniquely vulnerable. Nomi Conway, a fraud fighter from Square who's working with nonprofits at UC Berkeley, share

Ready for the Holiday Fraud Rush? Not Without this Podcast

Nov 13th, 2018 8m 7s

To help you prepare for the holiday ecommerce fraud rush, we sit down with Courtney Fahrer, a fraud expert and founder of OpsTales. This podcast has something for everyone -- whether you've finalized Q4 planning or you're ready to throw in the

Stopping Data Breaches for Dummies

Oct 3rd, 2018 10m 15s

Kevin Beaver, author of Hacking for Dummies, has been working in internet security since the advent of the "world wide web". He shares how businesses can patch up their weakest link in the fight against data breaches: their own employees.

Crypto and the Dark Web: A Business School Prof on the Future of Fraud

Aug 28th, 2018 11m 54s

Much ink has been spilled about the relationship between crypto and fraud, the blockchain and the dark web. Until now, we've mostly looked at crypto through the lens of ecommerce. We chat with David Yermack, an NYU professor of business and law

Chargebacks: A Snapshot of User Experience

Aug 14th, 2018 9m 5s

Chargebacks are more than meets the eye. We sit down with Patrick Presto, who handled risk & disputes at Square, to learn how you can harness the power of chargebacks to gain insights into how users are experiencing your site.

Blockchain, Crypto, and the Future of Fraud

Jul 30th, 2018 11m 28s

Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain represent a new frontier wrought with regulatory and fraud challenges. We chat with Daniel Sankey, who handles risk management at Coinbase, about what crypto and blockchain mean for the future of trust & safe

Fraud in the Gaming Industry

Jul 16th, 2018 8m 17s

In the world of online games, everything happens fast: purchases are fulfilled instantaneously, and gameplay keeps a quick pace. It's easy to see why gaming attracts fraudsters -- but Daniele Thillman of Green Man Gaming shows how businesses fi

Content Moderation: Best Practices

Jul 2nd, 2018 14m 10s

Two experts who have fought fraud at Google, Square, and beyond teach us best practices for content moderation. Drawing on their colorful experience, Kevin Lee and Jeff Sakasegawa deliver tips, tricks, and insights.

International Fraud & Cybersecurity

Jun 17th, 2018 14m 19s

You may not realize it, but ecommerce fraud has consequences for national security. Melissa Griffith, PhD candidate in political science at UC Berkeley, explains what happens when businesses and governments fight global cyber threats, and when

How Two Trust & Safety Experts Fight ATO

May 7th, 2018 15m 43s

Two trust & safety experts -- Oggie Nicolic, a Google engineer with a background in risk management, and Kevin Lee, trust & safety architect at Sift -- share insiders' best practices for combating a pervasive threat: account takeover.

ATO: Insights from a Fraud Fighter...and a Fraudster

Apr 24th, 2018 19m 1s

To fight account takeover, it helps to think like a fraud fighter -- and a fraudster! We chat with Karisse Hendrick and former FBI Most Wanted hacker Brett Johnson, who share the number one mistake businesses make while fighting ATO...and how m

20 Things We've Learned from Our Guests

Apr 9th, 2018 13m 40s

Since Sift Science launched Trust & Safety in Numbers, we've interviewed people on all sides of the fraud fight: an FBI agent, a former FBI Most Wanted hacker, fraud analysts, and much more. Here are 20 surprising things we've learned from our

The Rising Threat of Content Abuse

Mar 26th, 2018 11m 35s

Oggie Nikolic, a Google engineer with a background in risk management, and Kevin Lee, trust & safety architect at Sift Science, explain why content abuse is more complex than "fake news" -- and how online marketplaces & communities should appro

Cryptocurrency: An Uncharted Fraud Frontier

Mar 13th, 2018 8m 46s

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are creating new fraud challenges. The problem? No one knows what they are yet. How can fraud fighters use the lessons of the past to brave this landscape? We chat with Patrick Presto, formerly of Square, to f