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Morning Live FASS Insert
Armchair Detectives
- Broadcast
- 2024 (7 mins)
Why are we obsessed with being armchair detectives? The UK is a nation obsessed with true crime. Almost half of fans believe they could solve real-life cases, but are armchair detectives a help - or simply a...
Scam Interceptors
Episode Eleven - Face to Face with a Money Mule
- Broadcast
- 2024 (29 mins)
The team tap into a scam call centre in Jalandhar, north west India, that is trying to steal thousands from a woman in the UK. But the scammer slips up, revealing the address of a UK accomplice. Time to pay...
Scam Interceptors
Episode Twelve - They Are Trying to Steal Your Money
- Broadcast
- 2024 (29 mins)
A giant scam call centre in Kolkata has convinced one woman they’re from her bank and that she needs to follow their instructions to save her money. The only thing the team can do is try to track down a...
Scam Interceptors
Episode Thirteen - The Scammer Seals the Deal
- Broadcast
- 2024 (29 mins)
The team battle the most ruthless scammer they’ve ever faced as they try to stop a man in Scotland from handing over £2,000 in cash. But can they disrupt the criminal they’ve nicknamed ‘the Closer’...
Scam Interceptors
Episode Fourteen - Who’s the Lucky Guy behind That Pretty Smile?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (29 mins)
The team investigates the shady world of romance fraudsters and play the scammers at their own game.
Scam Interceptors
Episode Fifteen - If We Can’t Find Him, He Is Going to Be Evicted
- Broadcast
- 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
- Broadcast
- 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
- Broadcast
- 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
- Broadcast
- 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
- Broadcast
- 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...