Scam Interceptors

*Scam Interceptors*
Scam Interceptors
Presented by	Rav Wilding Nick Stapleton[1][2]
Starring	Jim Browning[1]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
Production
Executive producer	Rowland Stone[1]
Producer	Sherry Knight[2]
Release
Original network	BBC
Original release	4 April 2022[2] –; present

Scam Interceptors is a British factual television programme about internet fraud. Inspired by a 2020 episode of Panorama featuring ethical hacker Jim Browning, the programme shows a television team (including presenters Rav Wilding and Nick Stapleton, Browning and others) as they monitor and intervene in scams in progress.[1][3] Compared to the Panorama episode, the programme has a greater focus on the victims and preventing actual live scams taking place.[1]

Details

In the programme, the television team sends calls and texts to victims to alert them to scams as they are occurring.[1][3] The first series of Scam Interceptors featured Crimewatch-style additional content,[1] and revealed that the majority of fraud in the United Kingdom was perpetrated from industrial-scale scamming call centres in Asia.[4] The second series, released in 2023, also identifies individuals involved in scamming.[3][5]

Scam Interceptors was nominated for a BAFTA award for best daytime show in 2023.[1][5] A repeat of series one was aired during primetime.[1]

References

Jack, Malcolm (28 April 2023). "'They're coming up with devious ways to take your money': the TV hackers taking on the scammers". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
"BBC One - Scam Interceptors, Series 1, Episode 1". BBC. n.d. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
"TV BAFTA-nominated series Scam Interceptors returns to hack the hackers and expose unscrupulous scammers". BBC. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
Dathan, Matt (10 April 2023). "Labour vows to bar foreign scam callers using UK numbers". The Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
Tunney, Liam (21 April 2023). "Scam-busting NI YouTuber teams up with BBC series to help expose con artists". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

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[Guardian_2023-04-28-1] Jack, Malcolm (28 April 2023). "'They're coming up with devious ways to take your money': the TV hackers taking on the scammers". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[BBC_Ep1-2] "BBC One - Scam Interceptors, Series 1, Episode 1". BBC. n.d. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[BBC_2023-04-25-3] "TV BAFTA-nominated series Scam Interceptors returns to hack the hackers and expose unscrupulous scammers". BBC. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[4] Dathan, Matt (10 April 2023). "Labour vows to bar foreign scam callers using UK numbers". The Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[Belfast_2023-04-21-5] Tunney, Liam (21 April 2023). "Scam-busting NI YouTuber teams up with BBC series to help expose con artists". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2023.