Scam Secrets

You've booked a holiday and the hotel gets in touch to ask for a payment to confirm your booking. They know your name and they've got all the details of your reservation. Would you know what to do? In...

30 Apr 28min

Whether we're chatting, texting, buying or dating, the tech services we all use are being abused by criminals to worm their way into our lives. So what are these huge businesses doing to keep us safe?...

23 Apr 28min

A message pops up. It's a scam, you can spot that. But who sent it? Where in the world did it come from? And how has it ended up in your inbox? For this special episode of Scam Secrets, the team visit...

16 Apr 28min

Scam Secrets is back with a close look at a disturbing and emerging scam technique that can totally clean out its victims.In a hybrid scam - or pig butchering, as the criminals describe it - the manip...

9 Apr 28min

It's coming up to Christmas, and you might have gift cards on your mind. The perfect present choice for many scenarios - but also the perfect weapon for criminals. In 2023, Action Fraud got more than ...

25 Dec 202528min

WhatsApp is part of our daily lives – and criminals know how to weaponise that trust.In this episode, Shari Vahl and the team hear how a devastatingly simple trick handed the keys for a Scam Secrets l...

18 Dec 202528min

You might be on the lookout for work - so when a message arrives with a job offer, the timing is perfect. This is what happens to the people who are drawn in by the fake recruitment text scam that has...

11 Dec 202528min

You've just been scammed. The red flags didn't work this time and criminals have stolen your money. Your mind's all over the place. Will you ever see that cash again? In this special episode of Scam S...

4 Dec 202528min