Scam Interceptors - Season 3

First aired: 6/10/2024 20 episodes

Rav Wilding and Nick Stapleton hunt down the scammers plaguing our lives – in real time.

Episodes

1. There’s Somebody at My Front Door!

Aired: 6/10/2024

It’s a race to the wire as the team try to stop one woman from transferring thousands of pounds of savings to the scammers.

2. I Just Want to Cry...

Aired: 6/11/2024

The Interceptors face a nail-biting race to pull one woman out of the clutches of the scammers.

3. The Foul-Mouthed Fraudsters

Aired: 6/12/2024

Scammers turn the air blue in the Scam Interceptors HQ, hurling a barrage of abuse at their victims.

4. £100,000 on the Line

Aired: 6/13/2024

The Interceptors race to save one man’s £100,000 savings pot from scammers pretending to be from his bank. The team are forced to take drastic measures in an attempt to reach the victim in time and persuade him to hang up on the criminals. We also call up the fraudsters flogging fake cars online.

5. Are You Lying to Me Roger?

Aired: 6/14/2024

The race is on for Rav Wilding and his team as they try to protect an elderly man in a remote community from scammers.

6. Race Across London

Aired: 6/17/2024

The revelation that a woman might have withdrawn thousands of pounds in cash to post on to scammers has the team scrambling to locate her in central London before any money is lost. Rav also confronts the criminals behind the illegal activity.

7. Interceptors to the Rescue

Aired: 6/18/2024

The ground team are called into action to help a woman in the scammers' clutches. But with the woman several hours’ drive away, the team are forced to rely on the help of friends and neighbours. We're also on the trail of the Taylor Swift ticket swindlers.

8. There Are Two iPhones in Your Basket

Aired: 6/19/2024

The team intercept scammers trying to convince a man that hackers are ordering thousands of pounds of iPhones on his Amazon account.

9. You’re Buying Gift Cards for Scammers

Aired: 6/20/2024

The team are forced into a tight spot as they try and reach a woman before she hands over hundreds of pounds in gift cards to scammers.

10. The Money, the Parcel and the Stakeout

Aired: 6/21/2024

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 to flush the fraudsters out and confront them with their crimes.

11. Face to Face with a Money Mule

Aired: 11/18/2024

The team tap into a scam call centre in Jalandhar, north west India, that is trying to steal thousands from a woman in the UK. But the scammer slips up, revealing the address of a UK accomplice. Time to pay them a visit.

12. They Are Trying to Steal Your Money

Aired: 11/19/2024

A giant scam call centre in Kolkata has convinced one woman they’re from her bank and that she needs to follow their instructions to save her money. The only thing the team can do is try to track down a relative in the hope of stopping the scammers.

13. The Scammer Seals the Deal

Aired: 11/20/2024

The team battle the most ruthless scammer they’ve ever faced as they try to stop a man in Scotland from handing over £2,000 in cash. But can they disrupt the criminal they’ve nicknamed ‘the Closer’ for long enough to stop him sealing the deal?

14. Who's the Lucky Guy behind That Pretty Smile?

Aired: 11/21/2024

The team investigates the shady world of romance fraudsters and play the scammers at their own game.

15. If We Can't Find Him, He Is Going to Be Evicted

Aired: 11/25/2024

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 reach him, they stop him losing out. Trouble is, it’s proving almost impossible to get through to him.

16. Somebody Took £5,000

Aired: 11/26/2024

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 the scammers, but it's proving tricky to break the spell. Time to call on the services of the ground interceptors.

17. A Tsunami of Scams

Aired: 11/27/2024

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 London to her place of work. Only problem is, she’s not there. Can they find her in time to stop the scam?

18. No More Scam Calls... Ever

Aired: 11/28/2024

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 team starts to unravel what they’re really selling and the British boss behind it all.

19. I'd Wrap My Stick around His Neck

Aired: 12/2/2024

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’s up to the ground interceptors to make sure they get the message across.

20. Why Are You Crying?

Aired: 12/3/2024

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 before it’s too late. The team also investigate a series of video messages supposedly from Donny Osmond – can they be real?