Dirty Rotten Scammers
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- Episode
- Episode 5
- Broadcast Info
- 2022 (44 mins)
- Description
- Millie got a text from her phone company asking to tweak payment details on her account and with the pandemic affecting her business she responded quickly so not to lose out on anything. Then she got a call...the scammers were able to persuade her to take out a £10k loan and overdraft by using her security information, as well as emptying her business account. Now Millie is convinced she’s been added to a suckers list and wants Michelle and Mavis’ help to get the scammers off her case. Zara’s emails were hacked when she was expecting a large payment from her solicitors as a result of the sale of her Father’s home. After scammers accessed her emails they intercepted emails from her solicitor and got inheritance money sent to their account rather than hers. Having lost more than 40 thousand pounds, Zara needs Michelle and Mavis to make sure she’s secure online. Also in the episode, the National Crime Agency talk us through the operation to bring down a website publishing people’s data, and raking in thousands in the process.
- Genre
- Banking; Criminology; Policing; Technology
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The Open University, "Dirty Rotten Scammers". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/242143 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)