Crime
Station:
STV (GB)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2015-03-02
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With a 14% increase in cases in the last year, fraudsters are on the increase in Scotland and they are finding new ways to con innocent people out of their hard earned cash.Not all victims fit the stereotype of who we would expect to be scammed, like vulnerable sections of society.New evidence actually shows that 31 to 40 year olds are the most likely group to be repeat victims of cons.New forms of financial scams are appearing online all the time including ‘romance scams' and ‘fake government websites'.While the Internet has become one of the main tools for scammers, postal contact and over the telephone still remains a major opportunity for con artists.In the series of three 30 minute programmes, STV will highlight the increasing rise in financial scams and inform the public how they can better protect themselves against fraud, using real-life case studies to illustrate the extent of the issue.
TV Show Ended.
S3E2 - Episode 2
Presenter Jackie Brambles meets victims of scams and the experts who provide practical advice on security. In this episode, the scam text that nearly ruined Christmas for a dad and his son, the scammers who robbed an Ayrshire couple of the campervan of their dreams, the postmen making a stand against scam mail and landlord fraud - and how the prospective tenants are being ripped off for the rent.
Air Date: 12 May 2017 14:00 (CDT)
S3E3 - Episode 3
Presenter Jackie Brambles meets victims of scams and the experts who provide practical advice on security. In this episode, the scammers who took over one lady's home computer and stole her life savings, the lottery scam that never pays out, how the authorities are clamping down on the illegal puppy trade and the removal man duped out of 5,000 pounds.
Air Date: 19 May 2017 14:00 (CDT)
S3E4 - Episode 4
Presenter Jackie Brambles meets victims of scams and the experts who provide practical advice on security. In this episode, why teenagers who go online are easy prey to the scammers, the con that stole a pensioner's dream, the lady left distraught after the scammers accessed her computer, and inheritance scams - how one pensioner lost 200,000 pounds to fraudsters.
Air Date: 26 May 2017 14:00 (CDT)