Fraud

Councillor targeted by scammers warns of scheme
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Leicestershire
Posted
16 July 2024
The fraudsters preying on pensioners
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
16 July 2024
Assignment. The child rescue con. Audio, 27 minutes
Exposed: the charity which claims to save children from trafficking and abuse
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
File on 4 Investigates. The Child Rescue Con. Audio, 43 minutes
Exposed: Child rescue charity which claims to save children from trafficking and abuse.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Trending. The scammers who make you kidnap yourself. Audio, 18 minutes
Why are criminals tricking Chinese foreign students into faking their own kidnapping?
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BBC World Service
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Sound of Cinema. It's all lies! Music for films of deceit and fakery...or is it? Audio, 18 minutes
Matthew Sweet with soundtracks for films where deceit and fakery are the name of the game.
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BBC Radio 3
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Archegos founder Bill Hwang convicted of fraud
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Business
Posted
11 July 2024
Jersey seeing massive drop in scams - police chief
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Jersey
Posted
9 July 2024
‘I was scammed out of £200 by a fake Kevin Costner'
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Suffolk
Posted
8 July 2024
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling. 32. The Prince of Poyais. Audio, 42 minutes
A 19th-century army captain pulls off the most audacious scam in history.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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Scammed by the fake Chinese police
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Technology
Posted
7 July 2024
Trending. Scammed by the fake Chinese police. Audio, 18 minutes
The con men who threaten to extradite their victims to China if you don’t pay “bail”
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BBC World Service
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Jail for £1m lavish lifestyle council fraudster
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NE, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
5 July 2024
'No decency': Family's anger at funeral scam
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Lincolnshire
Posted
4 July 2024
Motorbike showroom owner admits £33,000 fraud
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England
Posted
3 July 2024
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling. 31. The French Impressionist. Audio, 40 minutes
A missing boy from Texas turns up halfway around the world.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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Warning after scam QR codes appear in car parks
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Gloucestershire
Posted
28 June 2024
Reward for fugitive ‘Cryptoqueen’ raised to $5m
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US & Canada
Posted
27 June 2024
Five charged with juror bribe plot in Covid fraud trial
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Health
Posted
27 June 2024
Finance manager jailed over £300k fraud
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North Yorkshire
Posted
25 June 2024
'Cannabis crooks dumped 10 tonnes of soil in my bedroom'
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London
Posted
23 June 2024
Sisters lose hundreds in Taylor Swift ticket scam
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England
Posted
21 June 2024
The Everyday Hustle. Harpreet Kaur, with Marnie: Summer scams survival guide. Audio, 30 minutes
Marnie sits in to keep you scam-free this summer with the scam survival guide.
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BBC Asian Network
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Trio sentenced after hundreds ripped off in fraud
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Nottinghamshire
Posted
14 June 2024