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Fake Britain

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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.

Fake Britain: Series 2

Dominic Littlewood

Mark Pizzey

Emma Barker

Fake Britain: Series 2: Episode 13

Series 2

Episode 13

BBC One - Fake Britain, Series 2, Episode 13

Featuring the woman who booked a ski chalet that did not exist and a fake literary agent.

Dominic Littlewood reveals the case of a holidaymaker who was arrested in Jamaica after luggage containing drugs was checked in under her name on a flight to the UK.

We reveal the extraordinary case of the holidaymaker who was arrested in Jamaica after luggage containing drugs was checked in under her name on a flight to the UK. We also meet the woman who booked a ski chalet for herself and a group of friends only to discover that the chalet did not exist. We investigate fake withdrawals from bank accounts and show sinister new equipment that could allow criminals to carry out what appear to be genuine transactions - by faking our pin numbers. We follow the story of how one man's visit to his family abroad was ruined after he was sold a fake airline ticket, how a fake literary agent conned dozens of victims - including one woman who was told the book she had written about her father was going to become a  big budget movie - and we show how the lives of thousands of workers all over the country are being put in danger by fake safety equipment.

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