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Scammer posed as my mum – while she sat next to me

Episode 14 of 45

How a scammer took over one woman’s WhatsApp account in a bid to defraud her friends and family.

How a scammer took over one woman’s WhatsApp account in a bid to defraud her own friends and family. The team uncover which type of groups the fraudsters infiltrate to hide in plain sight. Also on the programme, the fake fashion websites posing as London businesses – but instead shipping cheap goods from China. And we help the woman who discovered 13 fast food orders fraudulently made on her account.

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43 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJulia Somerville
PresenterLouise Minchin
PresenterGloria Hunniford
Executive ProducerRowland Stone
Series EditorChris Walker
Series ProducerLizz Martin

Broadcasts

  • Thu 1 May 202509:30
  • Tue 27 Jan 202610:45