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Series which reveals the extent of fake goods in the UK.

Series which reveals the extent of fake goods in the UK and investigates the con men who are trying to get their hands on your money.

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Fake Britain: Series 2

Dominic Littlewood

Samantha Beddoes

Peter Lowe

Fake Britain: Series 2: Episode 11

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Episode 11

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Dominic Littlewood reveals how fraudsters are counterfeiting the euro.

Dominic Littlewood reveals how fraudsters are counterfeiting the euro and innocent holidaymakers are being arrested abroad for having fake currency.

We reveal how fraudsters are counterfeiting the euro. And we show how innocent British holidaymakers are being arrested abroad for unwittingly having the fake currency - like Carl Redden from Birmingham who was sentenced to 10 months in a prison in Cyprus and found himself locked up with hardened criminals. 

We reveal the distressing story of the fake pet cremations. Owners found the pets they had loved and thought had given dignified individual cremations to, were in fact dumped in fields. And the ashes of their pets, which they had treasured, turned out to be fake. 

We meet the woman who helped expose the fake DNA paternity test - as the father of her daughter tried to con his way out of his responsibilities. We meet the young woman who bought diet pills online only to find they included a banned substance that had a disastrous effect on her. And we reveal the extraordinary story of the fake buggy salesman who conned money out of young mums - but was tracked down by a campaigning grandmother.

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