You & Yours Special: Doorstep Fraud

It's the beginning of BBC Scam Safe week, across all BBC networks we're looking at how you protect yourself from the enormous numbers of fraudulent attacks which can feel all around us

40% of all crime in the UK is fraud, and that rises to 50% if you include cyber crime

On You and Yours, all year we report on fraud and scams and how to spot them, and what to do if you encounter them... most of the scams we've looked at in the past have been either on the phone, or on the computer, or text ..in other words, the criminals are distant, they're may feel close up... but they're not in the room with you.

So we thought we look at the scams where you money is being stolen by the person standing right in front you.

Figures recently released show the amount lost to in person scams has trebled over the last three months in some areas...partly because of new technology being used by the criminals on your doorstep... these are modern approaches to old crime techniques...and they're very effective

We devote the whole programme to showing you how to spot door step fraud, how potentially deadly they can be, and what to do to protect yourself.

PRESENTER: SHARI VAHL

PRODUCER: JAY UNGER