Rip Off Britain Season 8 Episode 16 - Episode 16

Airdate: 2016-Oct-03

Episode summary:

Documentary exposing some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers. Julia Somerville, Gloria Hunniford and Angela Rippon unravel particularly murky situations where all is not what it seems, getting to the bottom of an extraordinary new scam in which a temporary postbox might be attached to the outside of your house. What exactly are the people responsible after? Also, with fake job scams on the rise, the team unpicks how the fraudsters make their ads so plausible - thanks to actors posing as employers or other successful applicants. Plus, what's behind the mysterious calls to premium rate numbers that mobile phone owners swear they didn't make?

About Rip Off Britain series:

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville battle on behalf of viewers who feel they’ve been ripped off or had a raw deal, investig...Show more >