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The PayPal Pretenders

Episode 4 of 19

The team are forced to dispatch their ground interceptors to save a woman in Essex from a devious scammer posing as PayPal.

In the scam hub, the team are monitoring an incredibly slick scammer posing as payment provider PayPal as he tries to defraud a woman in Essex.

Nick and Harleen desperately try to call and text the woman to stop her from continuing the scam, but the scammer is so professional, he is repeatedly able to keep her onside. The only option is to get ground interceptors Harriet and Meea out on the road to try and put this scam to an end face to face.

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28 minutes

Credits

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

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