Tragedy in the air – a con woman posing as a grieving widow takes advantage of a terrible disaster to fake her husband’s death. A mechanic who wanted £50,000 after he claimed a faulty car jack fell on his hand is stopped in his tracks when investigators find his version of events just doesn’t stack up. \n\nA young woman seeking compensation after an accident supposedly left her barely able to walk ends up in the high court when investigators discover her injuries had not put a stop to her world travels. And the scammer who took out a string of dodgy motor policies over the phone is caught out by sharp-eared investigators.
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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 2: Episode 7
A bus passenger claiming he suffered life-changing injuries following a prang with a car is caught out by CCTV, a man trying to make multiple claims using different aliases is r ...
08-12-2014
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Series 13: Episode 14
A sickness scam is uncovered when text messages reveal holidaymakers made the whole thing up to get a big cash payout. A motorist involved in a serious accident loses his right ...
02-12-2021
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Series 13: Episode 15
A cheating cabbie involves his loved ones in a bogus injury claim following a car accident. A gardener claims on his personal accident insurance following accidents at customers ...
03-12-2021
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Series 12 (shortened Versions): Episode 8
A Bishop faces judgement when he unsuccessfully tries to pull off a £12,000 car scam, while a woman’s personal injury claim bites back after claiming that metal shar ...
13-10-2021
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Series 9: Episode 9
A gang that risked the lives of innocent motorists by deliberately causing crashes is brought to justice, while undercover filming catches out a budding entrepreneur who thinks ...
13-11-2019
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Series 9: Episode 8
A driver's personal injury claim is rumbled when CCTV footage reveals that he was never even in the car, while a woman's attempt to cash in at the expense of her travel insurer ...
12-11-2019
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Series 12: Episode 12
A fraudster feigns innocence when caught scamming a holiday company, while CCTV shows that an employee claiming personal injury compensation was actually drunk when he fell. A f ...
22-04-2021
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Series 11: Episode 4
A poorly planned attempt at a frozen fraud melts away when investigators turn up the heat, while a prisoner claiming for injury behind bars forgets that the camera never lies. A ...
02-12-2020
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Series 3 - Episode 9
Series which sees insurance fraudsters caught on camera. A jaw-dropping case shows how a man changed his identity, and then murdered his lifelong friend for an insurance payout.
19-06-2014
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Series 13 (shortened Versions): Episode 13
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a traveller stranded abroad during the pandemic is caught out when the fraud detectives discover the fancy ...
08-12-2022
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