It's a Fair Cop: Scam Special
Comedy of the Week
BBC
4 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Ever had a text from a non-existent offspring? A call from someone claiming to be from your bank? Or an email from a Nigerian prince….? Cop turned comic is here to guide you through the modern world of scams.
With him, as always, are his audience of sworn in deputies, who’ll help him pick his way through some true crime conundrums, as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe Week.
Written and presented by Alfie Moore Script Editor: Will Ing Production Co-ordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu Producers: James Robinson and Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Right, start at the beginning. |
| 0:07.7 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast. |
| 0:09.7 | Okay, hello. |
| 0:10.6 | And if you're into true crime. |
| 0:12.3 | The message was clear. |
| 0:13.7 | You might like to investigate BBC sounds. |
| 0:16.1 | Somebody must know something. |
| 0:18.0 | Because there's a caseload of award-winning podcasts. |
| 0:20.7 | Do you think this is actually going to go to trial? |
| 0:22.8 | That cast light on shady cyber criminals, |
| 0:24.9 | mysterious drownings and unsolved murders, from Bergen to Belfast. |
| 0:29.0 | I didn't know who I could trust. |
| 0:30.8 | Search, true crime on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.3 | The only thing left to do now is Ron. |
| 0:47.8 | ... The only thing left to do now is Ron. Hello, my name is Alfie Moore and welcome to It's a Fair Cop. |
| 1:01.8 | Thank you. Welcome to It's a Fair Cop. This program is a one-off special as part of BBC Scam Safe Week. |
| 1:06.4 | You'll still be sworn in to make the policing decisions, |
| 1:08.5 | but instead of going through one of my real cases, |
| 1:15.2 | we'll be looking at some of your real cases. Sitting amongst you are some real-life detectives. Now, you won't be to spot them just yet until after 10 minutes when they all go outside |
| 1:20.6 | for a roll-up. Today, we'll be hearing of people shamelessly taking financial advantage of others, offering things that they can't deliver, and making promises that they just won't keep. |
| 1:34.0 | We'd like to point out that this show being broadcast on Budget Day is purely coincidentally. |
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