When a bus and a bin lorry collide there are claims for severe whiplash, but will the bus company trash them? Burning questions are asked when a year after a house fire a second claim comes in, the data embedded in digital photographs submitted to support stolen items doesn’t add up, and investigators use the same black box technology you would find in an aeroplane to foil a fake motor insurance claim.
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Series 15: 15. Most Shocking
A special episode featuring some of our most shocking insurance cheat cases from across the years, dug deep from our archives. The shameless serial scammer, finally caught out a ...
08-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 14
A chef who made an outrageously high claim by exaggerating his injuries after a genuine workplace accident finds himself in hot water. A dangerous driver who stopped his car in ...
07-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 13
A holidaymaker is sent packing when his £12,000 claim for a cancelled trip abroad is discovered to be a flight of fancy. A bogus claim for a car crash hits the skids when ...
06-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 12
A man who lost his brother to Covid is jailed after trying to cash in life insurance he had taken out in his dead sibling’s name. A driver making a bogus claim is caught o ...
05-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 11
A young woman who tried to cover up a car crash with a catalogue of tall tales calls up to confess. A claim for £100,000, made by a factory worker injured at work, is expo ...
04-12-2023
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Series 15: 10. Most Shocking
A special episode featuring some of the most shocking insurance cheat cases from across the years, dug deep from our archives. An American ex-wife who’s the beneficiary of ...
01-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 9
A DJ’s injury claim hits the deck when online posts show he’s been spinning a tall tale. Phone woes – a driver demanding a cash payout after a minor collision ...
30-11-2023
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Series 15: Episode 8
A claim for a quarter of a million euros goes up in flames when a holiday fire in France turns out to be all smoke and mirrors. A martial arts expert’s case is given the c ...
29-11-2023
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Series 15: Episode 7
Keeping it all in the family – a vast organised network of scammers is exposed, revealing fraud on an industrial scale. A van driver’s spurious claim hits the skids ...
28-11-2023
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Series 15: Episode 6
A father and son who get caught up in a police chase find themselves on the wrong side of the law after making bogus claims. During lockdown, when the streets across the country ...
27-11-2023
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Series 4: Episode 2
A fireman goes from hero to zero when he is caught red-handed in an arson insurance fraud. A criminal's attempts to scam the state see him locked up for longer, an insurance cla ...
25-11-2014
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Series 9 (30 Minute Versions): Episode 8
The next stop is jail for a gang who made the mistake of thinking they could cash in by deliberately causing a collision with a bus, while a holidaymaker's claim for lost luggag ...
06-04-2018
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Series 12 (shortened Versions): Episode 6
Secret filming is the undoing of a con man claiming he can’t work due to an injury, while elderly drivers are ruthlessly targeted in a car park crash scam. A first-time bu ...
11-10-2021
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Series 2 - Episode 3
Series which sees insurance fraudsters caught on camera. This episode features a man faking a fall over a loose tile in a train station, and footage of a crash for cash in action.
04-07-2014
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Series 14: Episode 2
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a fast-food brawl leaves one woman convinced she has a fighting chance of getting her hands on £100, ...
19-09-2023
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Series 15: Episode 11
A young woman who tried to cover up a car crash with a catalogue of tall tales calls up to confess. A claim for £100,000, made by a factory worker injured at work, is expo ...
04-12-2023
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Series 9: Episode 2
A motorist with a genuine claim is left out of pocket when forensic engineers discover that he has used a hammer to grossly exaggerate the damage to his vehicle, and a prisoner' ...
05-11-2019
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Series 11: Episode 8
Information embedded in digital photos of items stolen in an audacious robbery reveals that things aren’t quite as the claimant would have his insurers believe, while a ca ...
07-12-2020
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