Scam Interceptors
British television series
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Scam Interceptors is a British factual television programme about Internet fraud. Inspired by a 2020 episode of Panorama featuring ethical hacker Jim Browning, the programme shows a television team (including presenters Rav Wilding and Nick Stapleton, Browning and others) as they monitor and intervene in scams in progress.[1][3] The programme has a greater focus on the victims and preventing actual live scams taking place than the Panorama episode.[1] The show is filmed mostly inside the BBC Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.
| Scam Interceptors | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Rav Wilding, Nick Stapleton[1][2] |
| Starring | Jim Browning[1] |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 46 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rowland Stone[1] |
| Producer | Sherry Knight[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 4 April 2022[2] – present |
Format
In the programme, the television team finds telephone scams that are in progress, and sends calls and texts to victims to alert them.[1][3] The first series of Scam Interceptors featured Crimewatch-style additional content,[1] and revealed that most fraud in the United Kingdom was perpetrated from industrial-scale scamming call centres in Asia.[4] The second series, released in 2023, also identifies individuals involved in scamming.[3][5]
Awards
Scam Interceptors was nominated for a BAFTA Award for best daytime show in 2023.[1][5] A repeat of series one was aired during primetime.[1]
In May 2024, Scam Interceptors won the Daytime award for best daytime series at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards.[6]
