Scam Interceptors - Series 5

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.