Insurers combine forces to catch a serial fraudster making fake insurance claims off the back of high-profile tragedies, while an adrenaline junkie showing off on social media forgets that her antics can be seen by everyone, including those investigating her personal injury claim. Digital data embedded in photographs submitted to support a claim for £35,000 worth of stolen jewellery reveal that it’s a complete lie.
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Series 15: 15. Most Shocking
A special episode featuring some of our most shocking insurance cheat cases from across the years, dug deep from our archives. The shameless serial scammer, finally caught out a ...
08-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 14
A chef who made an outrageously high claim by exaggerating his injuries after a genuine workplace accident finds himself in hot water. A dangerous driver who stopped his car in ...
07-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 13
A holidaymaker is sent packing when his £12,000 claim for a cancelled trip abroad is discovered to be a flight of fancy. A bogus claim for a car crash hits the skids when ...
06-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 12
A man who lost his brother to Covid is jailed after trying to cash in life insurance he had taken out in his dead sibling’s name. A driver making a bogus claim is caught o ...
05-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 11
A young woman who tried to cover up a car crash with a catalogue of tall tales calls up to confess. A claim for £100,000, made by a factory worker injured at work, is expo ...
04-12-2023
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Series 15: 10. Most Shocking
A special episode featuring some of the most shocking insurance cheat cases from across the years, dug deep from our archives. An American ex-wife who’s the beneficiary of ...
01-12-2023
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Series 15: Episode 9
A DJ’s injury claim hits the deck when online posts show he’s been spinning a tall tale. Phone woes – a driver demanding a cash payout after a minor collision ...
30-11-2023
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Series 15: Episode 8
A claim for a quarter of a million euros goes up in flames when a holiday fire in France turns out to be all smoke and mirrors. A martial arts expert’s case is given the c ...
29-11-2023
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Series 15: Episode 7
Keeping it all in the family – a vast organised network of scammers is exposed, revealing fraud on an industrial scale. A van driver’s spurious claim hits the skids ...
28-11-2023
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Series 15: Episode 6
A father and son who get caught up in a police chase find themselves on the wrong side of the law after making bogus claims. During lockdown, when the streets across the country ...
27-11-2023
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Series 10: Episode 13
Undercover filming exposes one man's attempt to cheat his way to a one-million-pound payout, while a claimant's photography skills come under scrutiny as she attempts to claim f ...
20-11-2019
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Series 14: Episode 7
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a career criminal who masterminded an insurance racket worth £250,000 is put back behind bars after ...
22-09-2023
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Series 9: Episode 2
A motorist with a genuine claim is left out of pocket when forensic engineers discover that he has used a hammer to grossly exaggerate the damage to his vehicle, and a prisoner' ...
05-11-2019
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Series 12 (shortened Versions): Episode 13
Jail time awaits an organised criminal gang of fraudsters causing serious danger on our roads, while a dubious pot-hole injury threatens to put one local council out of pocket w ...
20-10-2021
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Series 14: Episode 14
A burst pipe, a ruined family home and a £30,000 insurance claim put investigators on high alert. The brakes are applied to a series of deliberate, but very lucrative, car ...
05-10-2023
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Series 9: Episode 4
A serial scammer is caught out when he attempts to make identical travel insurance claims by altering the figures on a police report, while a caravan owner concocts an elaborate ...
24-11-2017
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Series 12 (shortened Versions): Episode 12
A fraudster protests their innocence when they are caught scamming a holiday company, while revealing CCTV shows that an employee claiming for personal injury compensation was a ...
19-10-2021
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Series 12 (shortened Versions): Episode 10
When a bus and a bin lorry collide, there are claims for severe whiplash - but will the bus company trash them? Burning questions are asked when, a year after a house fire, a se ...
15-10-2021
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Series 10: Episode 6
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catch up with the short-tempered serial fraudster who terrorised claims handlers as he chased payment for a string of fraudulent claim ...
23-10-2018
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