Scam Interceptors - Season 5

First aired: 11/3/2025 15 episodes

Rav Wilding, Nick Stapleton and ethical hackers hunt down the scammers plaguing our lives.

Episodes

1. I’ve Been Scammed 11 Times

Aired: 11/3/2025

Scammers pretending to be from Sky broadband and claiming there are problems with her internet have got into one woman’s phone and are just seconds away from helping themselves to her money.

2. They Are Lying to You!

Aired: 11/4/2025

The team try to stop a Preston student from handing over money to scammers who have told her that they are from the UK’s National Crime Agency.

3. He Doesn’t Believe We’re from the BBC

Aired: 11/5/2025

Scammers claiming to be phone company BT have a couple in Yorkshire on the hook for thousands of pounds.

4. We Have Eyes on the Scammers

Aired: 11/6/2025

The ground team are scrambled in a desperate bid to stop a woman letting her mobile phone account be used to buy the scammers a brand new, top-of-the-range handset.

5. Fake Coppers Coming to Your Door

Aired: 11/10/2025

The interceptors must identify a man trapped into believing he is going to be arrested by the National Crime Agency if he does not transfer money to scammers.

6. Scammers Caught Conning on CCTV

Aired: 11/11/2025

Ethical hacker Jim Browning breaks into the CCTV system of a group of Pakistan-based scammers who are conning their way into a man’s mobile phone account.

7. The Scammers Are On to Us

Aired: 11/12/2025

Scammers claim a woman’s broadband router is being targeted by hackers – and that she needs their help to fix it. The problem is: the interceptors can not track her down.

8. Call Centre Hijack

Aired: 11/13/2025

Scammers from Lahore, Pakistan, are posing as mobile phone companies to steal money from UK victims. But the interceptors have access to their computer systems and are about to hijack their operation. How will they react when they start messing with their calls?

9. Free AirPods with Every Scam

Aired: 11/17/2025

A scammer promises a free set of Apple AirPods to every person he speaks to. But we know that he is only after their money.

10. The Condescending Crook

Aired: 11/18/2025

The team take on the most patronising and manipulative scammer they have ever come across as he seeks to convince a woman in Essex to hand over information for him to get into her bank account.

11. They've Just Opened This Man's Camera!

Aired: 11/19/2025

Scammers pretending to be a broadband provider take control of a man’s phone. They have turned on his camera and are cutting the team’s calls to him.

12. Come and Arrest Me!

Aired: 11/20/2025

The team take on foul-mouthed scammers claiming to be from the UK police. The fraudsters have bullied their victim into believing that criminals have opened bank accounts in his name overseas.

13. I’m Sorry. I Don’t Know What to Do!

Aired: 11/25/2025

Scammers posing as the police target a young carer based in London. If she does not comply with their demands, they say they will arrest her.

14. The Most Appalling Identity Theft We’ve Ever Seen

Aired: 11/26/2025

Ethical hacker Jim Browning wins the team access to a brand new scam call centre, where criminals are in the midst of stealing one man’s passwords and email addresses.

15. Scam Hub Showdown!

Aired: 11/27/2025

The team closes in on scammers posing as the UK’s National Crime Agency. Confronting them with their crimes spooks the fraudsters, but it is going to take more than one hit to put this bunch of cybercriminals out of action.