Episode 1
Rav Wilding and the team hunt down scammers posing as genuine payday loan companies trying to trick victims into paying fees for loans that don’t exist.
Rav Wilding and his team of interceptors, working alongside ethical hacker and YouTube sensation Jim Browning, once again take on the scammers making UK citizens' lives a misery.
By hacking into the scam call centres, they can hear the scammers’ phone calls to UK households. The team go head-to-head with the fraudsters as they try and stop victims from losing any money, all in real time.
This episode sees the scammers’ lowest trick yet – posing as genuine payday loan companies to trick victims into paying fees for loans that don’t exist.
It’s a race to the wire as the team tries everything to stop one man from losing his last £30, and Rav confronts the man we suspect of leaking lists of genuine loan seekers' personal details.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Rav Wilding |
Presenter | Nick Stapleton |
Executive Producer | Rowland Stone |
Series Producer | Sherry Knight |
Broadcasts
- Mon 8 Jan 2024 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 2 more
- Thu 11 Jan 2024 11:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland HD & Scotland only
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