Rav Wilding huts down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers to hack into the fraudsters’ illegal call centres, Rav uses cutting edge technology to monitor the scammers’ phone calls, to try and stop the victims losing out to real-time scams. It’s then a race against the criminals to contact the victim and intercept the scam before any money is handed over to the crooks.\n\nThe show also explores the biggest anti-social issues troubling UK neighbourhoods, such as bike theft, fly tipping and ‘romance’ scams, and meets the local heroes using their own time and resources to tackle these problems head on.\n\nPlus, there’s everything you need to know on how to keep yourself safe from the scammers.
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Series 3: 10. The Money, The Parcel And The Stakeout
The team tap into scammers at a call centre in Jaipur, India, who are talking victims into posting money to UK addresses. The team play along and post a parcel of pretend cash t ...
05-12-2024
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Series 3: 1. There’s Somebody At My Front Door!
Rav Wilding and the Scam Interceptors team, working alongside ethical hacker Jim Browning, are once again taking on the scammers fleecing UK citizens out of millions.\n\nIn this ...
04-12-2024
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Series 3: 20. Why Are You Crying?
A scammer claiming to be a senior manager at a high street bank mercilessly targets a traumatised victim. The Ground Interceptors are called into action to reach the woman befor ...
03-12-2024
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Series 3: 19. I'd Wrap My Stick Around His Neck
Scammers in eastern India have convinced a woman in the Lake District that her bank account has been compromised by criminals. They won’t take no for an answer, so it&rsqu ...
02-12-2024
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Series 3: 18. No More Scam Calls Ever
A telesales firm in Kolkata, India, is calling UK landlines, selling a telephone system that it claims can end the menace of scam calls forever. Except... it can’t. The te ...
28-11-2024
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Series 3: 17. A Tsunami Of Scams
Scammers pretending to be from Amazon have got a dental nurse on the line for thousands of pounds. Unable to get through on the phone, the ground interceptors chase across Londo ...
27-11-2024
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Series 3: 16. Somebody Took £5,000
Scammers in Jaipur, India, are pretending to be from Visa and convincing victims into handing over their money. The team try to persuade an elderly woman to believe them and not ...
26-11-2024
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Series 3: 2. I Just Want To Cry
The Interceptors face a nail-biting race to pull one woman out of the clutches of the scammers. But with attempts to reach her on the phone coming to nothing, the team despatch ...
25-11-2024
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Series 3: 15. If We Can't Find Him, He Is Going To Be Evicted
The team have intercepted a call centre claiming to be from Amazon. They’ve hooked in a man and are trying to get him to hand over his month’s rent money. If they re ...
25-11-2024
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Series 3: 14. Who's The Lucky Guy Behind That Pretty Smile?
The team investigates the shady world of romance fraudsters and play the scammers at their own game.
21-11-2024
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Series 3: 2. I Just Want To Cry
The Interceptors face a nail-biting race to pull one woman out of the clutches of the scammers. But with attempts to reach her on the phone coming to nothing, the team despatch ...
25-11-2024
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 11
Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers to infiltrate the fraudsters’ illegal call centres, Rav uses cutting-edge technol ...
07-08-2023
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Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 2
Rav Wilding and his team continue their fight against the phone scammers trying to con people out of their cash.\n\nTeaming up with ethical hacker and YouTube sensation Jim Brow ...
15-01-2024
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Series 3: 20. Why Are You Crying?
A scammer claiming to be a senior manager at a high street bank mercilessly targets a traumatised victim. The Ground Interceptors are called into action to reach the woman befor ...
03-12-2024
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Series 2: Episode 3
Working with ethical hackers, Rav Wilding hunts down the scammers plaguing our lives.
03-05-2023
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Series 2: 13. Your Visa Card's Been Hacked
A woman thinks she is speaking to a card company's fraud department, which is telling her that her debit card has been hacked and an unauthorised transaction made. But she is ac ...
25-10-2023
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Series 2 Cutdowns: 12. The £900 Iphone Scam
Student Anna Scott has taken a call from what she thinks is retail giant Amazon’s fraud team, warning her that hackers have bought a £900 iPhone on her account. It&r ...
19-08-2024
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Series 2 Cutdowns: 11. Hunting The O2 Fakers
The Scam Interceptors are on the trail of a criminal call centre based in Pakistan which is phoning UK mobiles pretending to be O2. \n\nIt’s a sophisticated scam in which ...
12-08-2024
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Series 3: 5. Are You Lying To Me Roger?
The race is on for Rav Wilding and his team as they try to protect an elderly man in a remote community from scammers. But with nearly a hundred miles of countryside to cover, i ...
20-06-2024
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Series 1 (shortened Versions): Episode 6
Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers to hack into the fraudsters’ illegal call centres, Rav uses cutting edge technolo ...
22-05-2023
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