The Scams Epidemic: A Martin Lewis Podcast Special

The Martin Lewis Podcast

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4.2 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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The Scams Epidemic: A Martin Lewis Podcast Special. Martin asks the experts about scams and speaks to a victim of a deepfake investment scam which manipulated Martin’s face. This special episode goes in depth on deepfake AI and other big scams, with tips on how to spot them, how to protect yourself and what to do if you think you are being scammed.

In this special episode, you’ll hear from Chris Ainsley, Head of Fraud Risk Management at Santander, Commander Steve Clayman Head of Central Specialist Crime at the Metropolitan Police, Lindsey Fussell, Interim Group Director for Online Safety and former Group Director for Networks and Telecoms at Ofcom and Des Healey, a kitchen fitter from Brighton who was scammed out of £75k.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.3	Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and welcome to this special edition of the Martin Lewis podcast
0:09.8	on Britain's scam epidemic. In this pod, I talk in-depth to a victim of a deep fake investment scam,
0:19.0	which manipulated my face to con him out of money.
0:24.3	We'll be looking at the anatomy of a scam.
0:26.3	Going through step by step, the destructive psychology of entrapment that pulls people in
0:33.6	and grabs their money off them.
0:36.5	We also want to show you how to protect yourself from scams.
0:38.9	So there's lots of tips and advice on what you can do to make sure you're not a victim of
0:44.0	the scammers because these scammers are pervasive and persuasive and you have to be very
0:51.6	careful.
0:52.6	Plus the top 10 fastest growing scams in the UK at the moment.
0:57.5	And finally, why is this happening?
0:59.7	Why does it feel like Britain is the world leader in scams?
1:04.1	I'll be putting questions to the head of fraud at Santander.
1:07.8	I'll be asking the group director for online safety at the regulator of com why it's
1:13.0	going to take until 2026 before scam adverts are regulated. And finally, scams are a crime. So,
1:21.2	I've got the police on. We want to know why so few people arrested. A lot to get through. I think we should play the theme tune.
1:47.6	Hello, guys. Hello, Martin.
1:48.4	Very nice to meet you.
1:49.4	And you too.
1:50.8	This is a bit of a funny one for me to sort of interview you.
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