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  • Scam Interceptors

    Episode Fifteen - If We Can’t Find Him, He Is Going to Be Evicted

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    2024 (29 mins)

    The team have intercepted a call centre claiming to be from Amazon. They’ve hooked in a man and are trying to get him to hand over his month’s rent money. If they reach him, they stop him losing out....

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Investment Scams

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    2024 (8 mins)

    Around £612 million was lost to investment fraud last year, according to Action Fraud. These fraudsters trick people into thinking they are putting their money into a financial scheme that will grow, such...

  • Scam Interceptors

    Episode Sixteen - Somebody Took £5,000

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    2024 (29 mins)

    Scammers in Jaipur, India, are pretending to be from Visa and convincing victims into handing over their money. The team try to persuade an elderly woman to believe them and not the scammers, but it’s...

  • Scam Interceptors

    Episode Seventeen - A Tsunami of Scams

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    2024 (29 mins)

    Scammers pretending to be from Amazon have got a dental nurse on the line for thousands of pounds. Unable to get through on the phone, the ground interceptors chase across London to her place of work. Only...

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Public Wi-Fi Data Scam

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    2024 (7 mins)

    Public Wi-Fi networks can also be a hotspot for scammers, but Morning Live, with The Open University, expose how scammers may be stealing your data from the coffee shop. Journalist Rebecca Wilcox has...

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Job Scams

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    2024 (8 mins)

    With budgets tight so for many, the promise of extra cash every month for simple jobs you can do from your sofa might sound attractive. But presenter Gordon Smart, with The Open University, find out how it...

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Romance Raid

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    2024 (8 mins)

    Scam Interceptors’ Nick Stapleton and The Open University investigate. Dr Dhouha Kbaier explains common tactics used by romance scammers.

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Scam Technology

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    2024 (7 mins)

    The UK has the highest rate of phone fraud in Europe and it’s leaving many scared to use their landline. Presenter Riyadh Khalaf, with help from The Open University, finds out more about the new technology...

  • Scam Interceptors

    Episode Eighteen - No More Scam Calls... Ever

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    2024 (29 mins)

    A telesales firm in Kolkata, India, is calling UK landlines, selling a telephone system that it claims can end the menace of scam calls forever. Except... it can’t. The team starts to unravel what...

  • What They Really Mean for You: Cheap Flights

    What They Really Mean for You: Cheap Flights

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    2024 (57 mins)

    Holidays abroad are an essential part of life for many of us. Cheap flights have helped millions of us travel to the sun. But the planes we fly on emit huge amounts of greenhouse gases, so the aviation...