Working with ethical hackers, Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives. He uses cutting-edge technology to monitor scammers’ phone calls in an effort to stop the victims losing out to real-time scams. It’s then a race against the criminals to contact the victim and intercept the scam before any money is handed over to the crooks. The show also explores the biggest anti-social issues troubling UK neighbourhoods, such as bike theft, fly-tipping and romance scams, and Rav meets the local heroes using their own time and resources to tackle these problems head-on. And there’s everything you need to know to keep yourself safe from the scammers.
Rav Wilding joins forces with ethical hackers to hunt down cyber criminals. Using the same remote-access technology that criminals use to scam their victims, the team hacks the hackers and monitors their operation.
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.
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.
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?
The team investigates the shady world of romance fraudsters and play the scammers at their own game.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?