Julia Somerville, Gloria Hunniford and Angela Rippon investigate some of the most audacious scams doing the rounds, including the fraudsters selling converted shipping containers online that don’t exist, leaving the charities buying them thousands of pounds out of pocket. Also, the ransom demands being faced by small businesses hit by online hackers – are social media firms doing enough to help victims? And the identity fraud that’s leaving customers of some big name fashion brands out of pocket and at their wits’ end. As ever, there's top notch advice to solve more of your problems in our virtual advice clinic.
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Series 16: 31. Doorstep Raiders Knocked Out My Doorbell Camera
Louise Minchin, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville uncover the shocking story of the readily available gadget that can hack your wifi and renders many doorbell video cameras ...
14-07-2025
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Series 17: 15. Luxury Resort Turned Out To Be A Building Site
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the cases of holidaymakers who say their relaxing breaks were ruined by noisy building work. The experts reveal ...
02-05-2025
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Series 17: 14. Scammer Posed As My Mum – While She Sat Next To Me
How a scammer took over one woman’s WhatsApp account in a bid to defraud her own friends and family. The team uncover which type of groups the fraudsters infiltrate to hid ...
01-05-2025
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Series 17: 13. Gift Experience Voucher Left Me £200 Out Of Pocket
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin ask whether gift vouchers for short breaks and experiences really add up. One man’s weekend away would have cost him ...
30-04-2025
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Series 17: 12. Fire Safety Upgrades – Who Should Foot The Bill?
The team take up the case of residents furious at being charged hundreds of pounds for fire safety upgrades they say are the managing agent’s responsibility. Also on the p ...
29-04-2025
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Series 17: 11. Addicted To Shopping App
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the shopping app one woman found so addictive, she asked her bank to cancel her cards in order to stop her spen ...
28-04-2025
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Series 17: 10. Dream Holiday Left Me With Gastric Infection
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin tackle viewers’ travel issues, including the cases of holidaymakers who suffered from debilitating gastric infections ...
25-04-2025
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Series 17: 9. Super-scam Cost Me £750,000
How a grandmother was groomed into cashing in her entire pension. Even her own family and the police couldn’t break the spell. Also on the programme, the team uncover the ...
24-04-2025
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Series 17: 8. Nail Glue Took My Daughter’s Skin Off
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the case of a girl who suffered severe burns after using a nail glue she bought online. The team also expose ot ...
23-04-2025
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Series 17: 7. Brazen Car Scam Caught On Camera
The team expose a shocking trick caught on camera during a private car sale that’s left some drivers thousands of pounds out of pocket. Also, the company that developed an ...
22-04-2025
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2023 Live: Episode 3
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Angela Rippon hear from those determined to fight back against the scourge of scam text messages, helped along by the trusty advice of our ...
18-01-2023
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Series 6 - Episode 1
Consumer series. A shameless con that saw expensive goods stolen right from under a charity's nose, and the man renting out flats he doesn't even own.
15-09-2014
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2023: Episode 12
Angela Rippon, Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford are on the trail of QR codes that led people to spend more than they bargained for. Also, the holiday company that appeared ...
07-08-2023
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Series 15: 23. Customer Service Meltdown
The customer service meltdown that’s caused chaos for thousands at one of Britain’s most well known companies – Julia, Angela and Gloria investigate. Also, if ...
11-10-2023
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2023: Episode 10
The team reveal the food delivery giants making customers pay for items that were out of stock and never delivered, and challenge them to change their ways. Also, did you get vo ...
25-07-2023
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Series 17: 10. Dream Holiday Left Me With Gastric Infection
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin tackle viewers’ travel issues, including the cases of holidaymakers who suffered from debilitating gastric infections ...
25-04-2025
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2022 Live: Episode 14
Continuing the week of live cost of living specials, Julia Somerville, Gloria Hunniford and Angela Rippon reveal more advice which will keep the nation’s cash where it sho ...
20-10-2022
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Series 14: Episode 10
Tackling the scammers whose techniques just keep on evolving to try and trap innocent victims. Including the new 'money flip' con that’s hitting social media with devastat ...
13-05-2022
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Holidays: Series 6: Episode 13
Problems with big-name airlines are the focus of this edition's investigations from Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford, and Julia Somerville. They reveal why, months after Monarch ...
18-01-2018
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