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Rip Off Britain - Scams: 5. I went in to buy tissues and was scammed for £5,000
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- This episodeScams: 5. I went in to buy tissues and was scammed for £5,000...
- Scams: 4. I lost £40,000 in a crypto-romance scamThe double-whammy scam that left a man penniless and heartbroken.29 mins
- Scams: 3. The missing person ads that transform into scamsHow fraudsters are using social media posts about missing people and pets to hook victims.29 mins
- Scams: 2. Landed in debt... for someone else's shoppingThe women being hounded after fake buy-now-pay-later accounts were opened in their name.29 mins
- Scams: 1. Online shop landed me in an international megascamHow fake online stores masqueraded as big high-street names to steal personal data.29 mins
- Home Horrors: 5. Crumbling concrete wrecked my homeHomeowners demand justice after discovering their homes are riddled with RAAC concrete.29 mins
- Home Horrors: 4. My solar panel miseryGoing green, going wrong – a council-backed energy scheme that left homeowners burned.29 mins
- Home Horrors: 3. Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway...How out-of-control bamboo is invading gardens and causing damage to homes.29 mins
- Home Horrors: 2. Roof repair rogues took aim at my homeThe doorstep callers trying to charge thousands of pounds for roof repair jobs.29 mins
- Home Horrors: 1. New home knotweed no-one told us aboutThe first-time buyers who discovered knotweed neither the seller nor the survey declared.29 mins
- Series 18: 30. Airport parking firm caused £11,000 of damageThe couple facing an £11,000 bill after an airport parking company crashed their car.44 mins
- Series 18: 29. Marketplace seller sold me a bed made of cardboard...How to spot the marketplace sellers who are not what they appear to be online.44 mins
- Series 18: 28. We could not stop a developer felling local trees...The team look at residents’ complaints over a developer destroying a row of trees.44 mins
- Series 18: 27. Forced to pay finance on a car we do not ownHow a botched part exchange left one couple paying monthly for a car they no longer owned.44 mins
- Series 18: 26. I raised thousands for a scam dog shelter charity...The fake dog shelter charity mistreating animals to encourage more donations.44 mins
- Series 18: 25. My holiday home left me needing stitchesThe couple who say their stay in a holiday villa turned out to be a health risk.44 mins
- Series 18: 24. My council is stopping me from charging my electric car at home...The team look into the postcode lottery behind electric vehicle home charging.44 mins
- Series 18: 23. This town smells like bin juice!The team investigate why residents living next to a landfill site are kicking up a stink.44 mins
- Series 18: 22. The botched building job that has cost me thousands...The homeowner left questioning a trusted comparison site after a builder's botched work.44 mins
- Series 18: 21. Scammers raided my aunt’s bank account after she had died...The team investigate how scammers stole thousands from one woman after she had died.44 mins
- Series 18: 20. Flying through a storm left me fearing for my life...The passengers whose airline said it was fine to fly despite a severe storm.44 mins
- Series 18: 19. Scammers wiped my teenager's account, and the bank won't help!...A teenager is defrauded by scammers. Why wouldn't his bank give him his money back?45 mins
- Series 18: 18. My roadside rescue turned into a highway robbery...The roadside rescue that became a robbery, and how a man's van was targeted by thieves.44 mins
- Series 18: 17. Scammers groomed my vulnerable mum for over two million pounds...The massive £2.1 million fraud that left a vulnerable woman and her children reeling.44 mins
- Series 18: 16. Family home on the line after being conned by festival fraudster...How a woman put her home on the line for a friend who turned out to be a con artist.44 mins
- Series 18: 15. My timeshare is worth less than when I bought it...The people feeling short-changed by the holiday company that they say promised a profit.44 mins
- Series 18: 14. Wet wipe blockage flooded my garden with sewage...The woman whose garden was flooded with sewage because of a wet wipe blockage.44 mins
- Series 18: 13. Spiteful scammer cancelled my flightThe fraudsters stopping holidays by posing as airline customer services on social media.44 mins
- Series 18: 12. Bank devalued our house after approving our mortgage...The couple unable to re-mortgage – because of how their home was built.44 mins
- Series 18: 11. Giant warehouses built at the end of our gardens...The homeowners left stunned by the warehouses built behind their garden fence.44 mins
- Series 18: 10. Toy company bullied me into paying unlawful fees...Woman threatened with debt collectors by a toy retailer even after cancelling her order.44 mins
- Series 18: 9. Insurer won’t help as our home falls apartThe couple who fear they can never sell their house due to cracks caused by subsidence.44 mins
- Series 18: 8. ‘Ghost’ MOTs for sale!The team investigate the serious flaw in the MOT system putting drivers at risk.44 mins
- Series 18: 7. Fake review sites peddling dodgy goodsThe fake websites luring shoppers with so-called expert reviews.44 mins
- Series 18: 6. Your parcels lost, damaged or lateUnhappy customers say courier giant won’t take responsibility for lost parcels.44 mins
- Series 18: 5. Our flight took off while the board still said ‘Please Wait’...The passengers told to wait in departures for a delayed flight that took off without them.44 mins
