Undercover filming reveals that a handyman is working despite claiming disability on his income protection policy, while a travelling football fan is caught offside as he struggles to get almost every aspect of his stolen luggage story straight.\n\nAn opportunist tries to catch her insurers napping by claiming for a top-of-the-line mattress, a serial fraudster comes unstuck after he tries to make the same personal injury claim three times in 12 years, and in the USA a convicted fraudster goes to jaw-dropping lengths to delay a ten-year jail sentence.
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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 13: Episode 2
The theft of a luxury car is revealed to be an inside job when fraudsters are caught out by tracking technology, and a boxer finds himself on the ropes when his lies are exposed ...
16-11-2021
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Series 13 (shortened Versions): Episode 13
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a traveller stranded abroad during the pandemic is caught out when the fraud detectives discover the fancy ...
08-12-2022
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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: 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 second ...
02-12-2022
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Series 11: Episode 2
One fraudster is left bankrupt and behind bars when his attempt at a crash for cash scam backfires badly, while questions are raised after a high-end watch reported stolen is fo ...
06-12-2021
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Series 12 (shortened Versions): Episode 4
A suspiciously unlucky computer user is caught out after making multiple claims for lost laptops, while an elaborate scam to claim for stolen jewellery is foiled. A minor traffi ...
07-10-2021
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Series 12 (shortened Versions): Episode 4
A suspiciously unlucky computer user is caught out after making multiple claims for lost laptops, while an elaborate scam to claim for stolen jewellery is foiled. A minor traffi ...
07-10-2021
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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 11: Episode 8
Information embedded in digital photos of items stolen in an audacious robbery reveals that things aren’t quite as the claimant would have his insurers believe, while a ca ...
07-12-2020
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