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Blackmailed - The Sextortion Killers
Blackmailed - The Sextortion Killers
- Broadcast
- 2025 (60 mins)
Reporter Tir Dhondy investigates the rise of sextortion scams targeting teenage boys on social media, including the case of 16-year-old victim Evan Boettler. Her journey leads to Nigeria, where she confronts...
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 Twenty - Why Are You Crying?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (29 mins)
A scammer claiming to be a senior manager at a high street bank mercilessly targets a traumatised victim. The Ground Interceptors are called into action to reach the woman before it’s too late. The team...
Scam Interceptors
Episode Nineteen - I’d Wrap My Stick around His Neck
- Broadcast
- 2024 (29 mins)
Scammers in eastern India have convinced a woman in the Lake District that her bank account has been compromised by criminals. They won’t take no for an answer, so it’s up to the ground interceptors to...
Morning Live STEM Insert
Purchase Scams
- Broadcast
- 2024 (8 mins)
Consumer Champ Matt Allwright sees how scammers operate by creating his own fake goods! Dr Dhouha Kbaier informs us about the trick scammers play behind false advertisements
Scam Interceptors
Episode Eighteen - No More Scam Calls... Ever
- Broadcast
- 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...
Morning Live STEM Insert
Scam Technology
- Broadcast
- 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...
Morning Live STEM Insert
Romance Raid
- Broadcast
- 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
Job Scams
- Broadcast
- 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
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...