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The team investigate an airport meet-and-greet company that ran up thousands of pounds of fines driving a man’s car through central London, leaving him with the bill.

Series 15
Tech expert David McClelland reveals how your social media could be an open door to let scammers get to your money – and how you can shut them out.
A woman's credit rating is ruined by scammers who took out multiple mobile phone contracts in her name. And how to deal with the car cannibals who set their sights on stealing parts of your car.
Customers who order one thing but receive another and then are refused a refund. And the holiday firms whose terms and conditions are almost impossible to navigate.
The team meets the families who paid tens of thousands of pounds for dream home extensions, only to be left with dangerously bad work that could cost much more to put right.
Where do you stand when your holiday hotel is shockingly different in real life to the glossy snaps on the travel agent’s website?
Going green, going wrong – a council-backed energy scheme that left homeowners burned. How to avoid that happening to you, so your bid to go green goes great instead.
The team hears from the homeowners fighting a utility company that’s increased its prices almost tenfold in seven years – leaving them unable to afford their monthly bills.
The team meets a man who discovered a hidden clocking device behind the dashboard of his car, which could mean it had covered thousands of miles more than he realised.
How fraudsters are cashing in on the huge demand for concert tickets by hacking genuine social media accounts to lure in their targets.
Holiday horrors at the check-in desk when a family of ten are split up, thanks to a plane swap leaving seven of them grounded.
How one man’s bid to become a property developer left him thousands of pounds out of pocket – we’re probing the auction house selling properties that came with a bigger outlay than first expected.
Using an airport meet and greet company might sound like a convenient service, but not this one. We hear from the police officer who brought one dangerous rogue operator to book.
The team hears from the couple facing more than £100,000 in repair bills to fix their family home or run the risk of it collapsing around them.
How one woman's battle with her home insurer left her in tears as she struggled to care for her disabled son.
The Canary Islands holiday con that cost Brits thousands. And the couples left furious after their long-awaited cruises skipped key sights but still refused them a refund.
The removals firm that caused hundreds of pounds of damage. And how a simple request to change her phone contract left one woman exasperated and resigned to paying over the odds.
How a burst pipe and rejected insurance claim left one woman with an £86,000 repair bill, all thanks to a condition in the small print.
How downloading the wrong app led to one woman having £12,000 stolen from her bank account while she slept – the team investigate how it happened.
The team explores the surge in fraudsters recruiting people to earn extra cash working from home – but ultimately stealing their money.
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