Scam Interceptors
Scam Interceptors is a TV show on BBC1. Working with ethical hackers, Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives – using cutting-edge tech to catch out the crooks. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 41 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2024.
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The team post a parcel of pretend cash to flush the fraudsters out and confront them with their crimes.
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It’s a race to the wire as the team try to stop one woman from transferring thousands of pounds of savings to the scammers.
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.
Scammers in eastern India have convinced a woman in the Lake District that her bank account has been compromised by criminals.
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.
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.
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.
The team have intercepted a call centre claiming to be from Amazon. They have hooked in a man and are trying to get him to hand over his month’s rent money.
The Interceptors face a nail-biting race to pull one woman out of the clutches of the scammers.
The team investigates the shady world of romance fraudsters and play the scammers at their own game.
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.
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 team tap into a scam call centre in Jalandhar, north west India, that is trying to steal thousands from a woman in the UK.
Scammers are ringing UK landlines, claiming to be from a major UK high street bank and saying people’s accounts have been hacked. Can the Interceptors stop people handing over their cash?
Scammers convince a woman to withdraw £2,000 in cash. Can the Interceptors stop her sending the money straight to the criminals?
A man’s been told he’s accidentally taken out an Amazon subscription and needs to fill out a cancellation form if he wants his cash back. But in fact, it’s all part of a scam.
A woman thinks she’s speaking to Visa’s fraud department and that her debit card’s been hacked. But she’s actually speaking to scammers from India, and they want her money.
A scam call centre in Pakistan pretends to be O2 to gain control of UK mobile phone accounts and steal customers’ money. Can the Interceptors stop them?
Gurbuz Yilmaz believes he’s talking to his mobile phone company, Vodafone. But, in fact, they’re scammers, and he’s about to buy them a very expensive mobile phone.
A British mother and daughter have let scammers claiming to be from Amazon take control of their mobile phone. Can the Interceptors intervene?