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Help! Is my online job a scam?

Episode 28 of 45

A viewer contacts the team after suspecting the online task work he’s been completing could be a scam.

When a viewer contacts Rip Off Britain after suspecting the online task work he’s been completing might not be for real, the team investigate the sophisticated world of so-called task scams. Plus, justice for the victims of one dodgy spray foam insulation firm. Seven years after Rip Off Britain went undercover as a sales operative, the team hear how that footage formed part of the investigation that put the man responsible behind bars. And the struggles one man faced to get a refund from a leading payment provider after a fraudster hijacked his mobile phone and used it to take out thousands of pounds of credit in his name.

10 months left to watch

43 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterGloria Hunniford
PresenterJulia Somerville
PresenterLouise Minchin
Production ManagerNatalie Palmer
Executive ProducerRowland Stone
Series EditorChris Walker
Series ProducerSherry Knight

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