You've Been Scammed

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You've Been Scammed

The story of the conman who claimed to have invented a new building material.

August 2013
Kathy tells Matt Allwright the devastating story of how she was conned out of her savings.
Matt meets Barrie, who was so convinced he had inherited a fortune he gave up his job.
Matt meets Ian and Liz, who were conned when trying to buy a property in Lanzarote.
July 2013
A group of children were conned into thinking they would be dancing at the Olympic Games.
April 2013
Matt meets Caroline, who spent 15 years studying before discovering her course was a con.(R)
Matt meets Terry and Pauline, who were exploited when they decided to make a will.(R)
Matt meets Karla and hears how she was drawn into a scam that played on her need to work.(R)
Matt visits Bill, who was persuaded to invest in land, only to find he had been conned.(R)
Matt meets 23-year-old Steve, who was tricked by conmen who posed as an HGV training firm.(R)
Matt meets a man who invested in wine and ended up losing thousands of pounds to conmen.(R)
Matt visits a couple whose attempts to sell their timeshare have attracted scam artists.(R)
Matt meets an environmentally aware 86-year-old whose faith in humanity has been tested.(R)
Matt meets a man whose desire to provide for the future put him at the mercy of a scammer.(R)
Matt meets a woman whose online date turned out to be a ruthless conman.(R)
January 2013
Matt meets June, who was plagued by scam mail for over a decade.(R)
Kent Police track down the conmen who persuaded pensioners to hand over their PIN details.(R)
Matt hears how grieving dog owner Jane was targeted in a shocking pet cremation scam.(R)
Matt meets Sam, a retired foreign office worker who was drawn into a street scam.(R)
Matt meets Clifford and Elaine, who were left with over one million pounds of debt.(R)
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