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Rip Off Britain
Season 16 · Episode 33
Mistaken identity cost me thousands
0.044mJanuary 8, 2025
The reveals the story of how a car finance company’s mistake led to the credit record of a man from Blackpool being merged with a man from South Wales who shared his name.
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