The Great British Shares Swindle

Business documentary series. The Money Programme's Max Flint investigates the growing phenomenon of Boiler Room selling. This scam involves cold calling potential investors in the UK from abroad and inviting them to buy shares. They use flashy websites and paperwork to convince investors that the schemes are legitimate. But the companies are not authorised by the UK's financial regulators and investors have been swindled out of thousands of pounds.