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Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers, Rav uses cutting-edge technology to monitor the scammers’ phone calls.

Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers to hack into the fraudsters’ illegal call centres, Rav uses cutting-edge technology to monitor the scammers’ phone calls, to try to stop the victims losing out to real-time scams. It’s then a race against the criminals to contact the victim and intercept the scam before any money is handed over to the crooks.

The show also explores the biggest antisocial issues troubling UK neighbourhoods, such as bike theft, fly-tipping and ‘romance’ scams, and meets the local heroes using their own time and resources to tackle these problems head on.

And there’s everything you need to know on how to keep yourself safe from the scammers.

28 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 May 2023 18:00

Credits

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

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 May 2023 18:00

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