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Season 66 Episode 38 - Catfish: The Billion Pound Romance Scam
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1953
Documentary, News
It's a crime that breaks the hearts of victims as well as emptying their bank accounts. Thousands of people lose money to romance frauds each year after being conned on internet dating sites. The criminals are called catfish, and they promise love and marriage to get cash. Reporter Athar Ahmad turns the tables on the fraudsters by using his own fake dating profile to expose the international gangs behind the crime.
Episodes in Season 66
1
Millionaire Bankrupts Exposed
2
Trump Voters: One Year On
3
White Fright: Divided Britain
4
Addicted: Last Chance Mums
5
Who Wants to Be a Bitcoin Millionaire?
6
Evicted for No Reason
7
Weinstein: The Inside Story
8
Immigration: Who Should We Let in?
9
Taking on Putin
10
Britain's Equal Pay Scandal
11
North Korea's Secret Slave Gangs
12
Gangsters' Dirty Money Exposed
13
Getting a Fair Trial?
14
Hacked: Smart Home Secrets
15
Police Under Pressure
16
Grenfell: Who Is to Blame?
17
Last Chance for Justice
18
Tessa Jowell: Her Last Campaign
19
Putin's Russia with David Dimbleby
20
Exposed: Northern Dreams, Failed Schemes
21
Smartphones: The Dark Side
22
Trump: Is the President a Sex Pest?
23
Fighting for my Child
24
The Fake Murder that Fooled the World
25
Get Rich or Die Young
26
Online Doctors Uncovered
27
Doctors on Trial
28
Legal Weapon
29
Murder on the Streets
30
Profits before Pupils? The Academies Scandal
31
Inside No 10: Deal or No Deal?
32
Kids in Crisis
33
Can Violent Men Change?
34
Syria's Chemical War
35
Trapped by My Mortgage
36
Trump: What Next?
37
The Universal Credit Crisis
38
Catfish: The Billion Pound Romance Scam
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