Rip Off Britain

Original version

BBC One Yorkshire

Factual: Consumer

Series 16

The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues you feel affect you the most.

The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues that most matter to you - from bills and bad customer service, to holidays and food.

BBC One London

London

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One West Midlands

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One North West

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One Wales

Wales

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Julia Somerville

Angela Rippon

Gloria Hunniford

Rowland Stone

Lizz Martin

Rip Off Britain: Series 13: Episode 7

Episode 7

Series 13

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 13, Episode 7

The emotional impact that the UK’s shocking wave of fraud crime is having on its victims.

Gloria Hunniford meets victims of a scam that starts with a simple message about parcel deliveries before leading people into a terrifyingly plausible confidence trick. 

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville report on the latest scams hitting both the news and our pockets. Gloria meets victims of a scam that has swept the UK and beyond. It starts with a simple message about parcel deliveries before leading people into a terrifyingly plausible confidence trick. Also, how some customers of one buy-and-sell website, designed to turn your stash into cash, were left exposed to fraudsters. And the emotional impact that the UK’s shocking wave of fraud crime is having on its victims.

Rip Off Britain: Series 13

BBC One

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville return with more investigations.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Rip Off Britain

Series 13

Episode 7

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC One Yorkshire

About BBC One