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Hunting the O2 Fakers

A scam call centre in Pakistan pretends to be O2 to gain control of UK mobile phone accounts and steal customers’ money. Can the Interceptors stop them?

The Scam Interceptors are on the trail of a criminal call centre based in Pakistan which is phoning UK mobiles pretending to be O2.

It’s a sophisticated scam in which they appear to offer a great deal on a mobile phone contract.

Rav, Nick and the Interceptors go head-to-head with the criminals to try and warn the victim before any money is handed over to the crooks.

28 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Rav Wilding
Presenter Nick Stapleton
Executive Producer Rowland Stone
Series Producer Sherry Knight

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