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Hunting the Catfish Crime Gang

Having posted his life on social media, James Blake found that his identity was stolen and used in scams. In a fight to get his identity back, he uncovers a world of organised crime.

James Blake - a 30-year-old entrepreneur from Lisburn - was living the Insta-dream until someone scraped his accounts. He started getting messages from people accusing him of conning them out of tens of thousands of pounds.

As he sets out to try and get his face and name back, James discovers a dark and utterly heartless modern-day crime wave, where ruthless organised gangs are using the very latest technology to prey on our age-old desire for love, companionship and success, all to scam blameless victims out of money.

James鈥檚 attempt to find out more and get his online identity back takes him on an international journey, and he discovers that it鈥檚 not only those being conned who are the victims here - many of those carrying out the con are also suffering at the hands of the gangs behind this modern-day crime.

11 months left to watch

57 minutes

On TV

Tuesday 22:00
大象传媒 Three

Credits

Presenter James Blake
Director Pete Grant
Producer Pete Grant
Executive Producer Kelda Crawford-McCann
Production Company Strident

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