Lorna - who paid a deposit on a flat that never existed - and Kristine, whose mother was a victim of a telephone prize scam.
Telephone banking fraud, subscription traps, hacking and text spoofing are all used by fraudsters to part you from your pounds - learn how to avoid them.
Presenter Jackie Brambles meets victims of scams and the experts who provide practical advice on security. In this episode, the Glasgow-based gang who defrauded their victims out of 113 million pounds, a group of friends pay for an event that does not materialise and a carer robs a pensioner of their life savings.
Presenter Jackie Brambles meets victims of scams and the experts who provide practical advice on security. In this episode, the scam text that nearly ruined Christmas for a dad and his son, the scammers who robbed an Ayrshire couple of the campervan of their dreams, the postmen making a stand against scam mail and landlord fraud - and how the prospective tenants are being ripped off for the rent.
Presenter Jackie Brambles meets victims of scams and the experts who provide practical advice on security. In this episode, the scammers who took over one lady's home computer and stole her life savings, the lottery scam that never pays out, how the authorities are clamping down on the illegal puppy trade and the removal man duped out of 5,000 pounds.
Presenter Jackie Brambles meets victims of scams and the experts who provide practical advice on security. In this episode, why teenagers who go online are easy prey to the scammers, the con that stole a pensioner's dream, the lady left distraught after the scammers accessed her computer, and inheritance scams - how one pensioner lost 200,000 pounds to fraudsters.
We can all become the victim of scammers. Each year, scammers cost Scots millions of pounds. This series hopes to play an essential role in Stopping Scotland's Scammers.
We can all become the victim of scammers. Each year, scammers cost Scots millions of pounds. This series hopes to play an essential role in Stopping Scotland's Scammers. This week a look into the increasing rise in financial scams.
We can all become the victim of scammers. Each year, scammers cost Scots millions of pounds. This series hopes to play an essential role in Stopping Scotland's Scammers. This week we look at some disturbing financial scams.
We can all become the victim of scammers. Each year, scammers cost Scots millions of pounds. This series hopes to play an essential role in Stopping Scotland's Scammers.
We can all become the victim of scammers. Each year, scammers cost Scots millions of pounds. This series hopes to play an essential role in Stopping Scotland's Scammers. This episode looks at the many scams around during the period of Black Friday when a bargain is not always a bargain.