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 33 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2025.
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Scam Interceptors
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.
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Rav Wilding and Nick Stapleton turn detective to track down the family of a particularly vulnerable victim to see if they can stop their loved one from handing over money to fraudsters.
Rav Wilding and the team hunt down scammers posing as genuine payday loan companies trying to trick victims into paying fees for loans that don’t exist.
Series 3
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 in eastern India have convinced a woman in the Lake District that her bank account has been compromised by criminals.
The team investigates the shady world of romance fraudsters and play the scammers at their own game.
The team post a parcel of pretend cash to flush the fraudsters out and confront them with their crimes.
Scammers turn the air blue in the Scam Interceptors HQ, hurling a barrage of abuse at their victims.
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.
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.
The Interceptors face a nail-biting race to pull one woman out of the clutches of the scammers.
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.
The team intercept scammers trying to convince a man that hackers are ordering thousands of pounds of iPhones on his Amazon account.
The ground team are called into action to help a woman in the scammers' clutches. However, with the woman several hours’ drive away, the team are forced to rely on the help of friends and neighbours.
The team scramble to locate a woman in central London who might have withdrawn thousands of pounds in cash to post on to scammers.
The race is on for Rav Wilding and his team as they try to protect an elderly man in a remote community from scammers.
Series 4
Can the ground team cross London and reach a local supermarket in time to stop a couple buying gift cards for scammers?
A scammer weasels their way into a man’s computer, taking photos of his credit cards and getting access to his online banking account. Can the team stop him transferring his cash?