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Rip Off Britain
Season 16 · Episode 26
The missing person ads that transform into scams
0.044mNovember 25, 2024
How fraudsters are using social media posts about missing people and pets to hook their victims into scams.
Episodes
- Episode 1They sold me a written-off car
- Episode 2Blacklisted because of my surname
- Episode 3Where’s my £300,000 whisky gone?
- Episode 4Paying £1 per mile for car insurance
- Episode 5My four-star holiday deal was anything but
- Episode 6Energy Special
- Episode 7Help – my home’s infested with beetles
- Episode 8The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance
- Episode 9Cut off from my landline
- Episode 10Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel
- Episode 11I became a money mule by mistake
- Episode 12‘Lose a stone in a week’ – the pamphlet peddling porkies
- Episode 13Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for
- Episode 14£89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen
- Episode 15My holiday coach crash nightmare
- Episode 16No payout pet insurance
- Episode 17Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
- Episode 18Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!
- Episode 19Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
- Episode 20Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
- Episode 21Bank account switch left me broke
- Episode 22Floored by ground rent demand
- Episode 23No win, no fee cost me £27,000
- Episode 24Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
- Episode 25Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
- Episode 26The missing person ads that transform into scams
- Episode 27£226,000 crypto scam left me homeless
- Episode 28Help, someone stole my house!
- Episode 29Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me
- Episode 30Ripped passport wrecked our holiday
- Episode 31Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera
- Episode 32Social media bank staff scam cost me £16,500
- Episode 33Mistaken identity cost me thousands
- Episode 34Landed in debt… for someone else’s shopping
- Episode 35The hotel with no running water
- Episode 36Missing £400,000 put my mum’s care at risk
- Episode 37Ravenous rats destroyed my car
- Episode 38Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces
- Episode 39When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?
- Episode 40Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!
- Episode 41Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings
- Episode 42Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera
- Episode 43Tainted tap water left us in agony
- Episode 44Scammed by fake AI celebrities
- Episode 45Forced to take five flights to board our cruise