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Documentary series that casts a covert eye over the ever-growing problem of insurance fraud, and sees outlandish claimers as they're caught out on camera.
2012
One man fakes his own personal injury claim using a nail gun, a would-be whiplash fraudster is caught out on bus CCTV, and a newly-formed police unit, IFED, raid a suspected fraudulent accident management company.
A fraudster who tried to cheat his way to £2.35 million is caught red-handed, one of the country's largest-ever insurance fraud gangs gets busted, and a teacher's story of his burnt-out BMW goes up in smoke.
A footballer who claimed he could not play is caught getting man of the match, a debt-ridden dentist fakes his own death, and a specialist police fraud unit executes a multi-location raid on a suspected motor fraud gang.
A warehouse owner sends his own business up in smoke, bus CCTV proves a fraudster cannot be in two places at once, and insurance fraud enters the art world.
A crafty claimer gets caught out at a theme park, a blazing Barnsley corner shop is not all it seems, and specialist police fraud unit, IFED, tracks down chihuahuas who may be back from the dead.
A supposedly injured lorry driver is caught caravanning, bus CCTV proves that a fraudster's story is a pack of lies, and two young girls' careless email trail lands them in court.
An ex-police officer's bogus personal injury claim is blown out of the water when he's caught with a jet ski, a crash-for-cash gang is caught in the act, and the specialist police fraud unit are on the trail of a trio of suspected fraudsters.
A martial arts expert's large insurance claim gets the chop, a Ferrari driver gets a roasting and an inept conman gives the game away when he fails to hang up.
A woman's outlandish claim for £750,000 is blown apart under surveillance, a carpet fitter attempts to fit up his insurance company, and the ringleader of one of the largest crash-for-cash gangs is brought to justice.
A supposedly injured man is caught displaying surprisingly athletic abilities, a company's state-of-the-art, on-board technology catches would-be fraudsters in the act, and a crash involving a pedestrian appears to be an Oscar-worthy performance.
2013
Claimed and Shamed returns to unearth more outlandish insurance fraudsters caught on camera. In this episode, a supposed invalid aircraft engineer is caught on camera ripping out his mother's bathroom; the reckless driver of a Porsche is busted by CCTV; plus a broken manhole cover inspires an opportunistic fraudster.
A man is caught executing a hilarious fake fall in a supermarket; two men falsely claim their car was smashed by a fire engine; and a prolific crash for cash gang are brought to justice by the police.
A man fakes a fall over a loose tile in a train station, there is incredible footage of a crash for cash in action, and a vet makes claims for surgery that did not happen on animals that did not exist.
A man's exaggerated personal injury claim leads to a change in the law, a motorist gets caught out trying to claim his old banger is really a prestige motor, and a woman making a claim following a dramatic car roll over is caught by the CCTV date stamp.
A woman making a personal injury claim for over £800,000 is caught out by secret surveillance; a fraudster is caught out when a clip of his crash at a race track goes viral; and a £6.5 million fraud ring is busted.
A man claiming he was injured on a bus is caught out doing martial arts with a pole; a crash for cash gang get more than they bargained for when they are filmed by a savvy road user's on board camera; and a renowned Indian musician gets nobbled when his supposed stolen car turns up with a note inside from him.
A bus passenger claiming he suffered life-changing injuries following a prang with a car is caught out by CCTV, a man trying to make multiple claims using different aliases is rumbled by sharp-eared call handlers and the Met traffic unit executes a dawn raid.
A couple's claim for their burnt-out pub goes up in smoke; an Olympic boxing fantasist is caught out trying to make hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of fake car insurance claims; and the party is over when a minibus stag do crash is found to be a fake.
Cheeky fraudsters try to muscle in after a dramatic crash involving a police car; scamming insurance fraudsters are caught out after they are also revealed as benefit cheats; and the owner of a pink limo is rumbled after trying to inflate its value.
A pair of labourers are caught out trying to make a claim after a collision with a bus; the strong arm of the law comes down on a crooked police detective making bogus household claims; and a specialist police unit track down three suspects.
2016
Claimed and Shamed is back for its sixth series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department pays a visit to an insurance broker suspected of using his expert knowledge to make a series of fraudulent insurance claims. The foundations of a house insurance claim are rumbled when metadata embedded in photos shows they were taken before the damage occurred, and CCTV puts the brakes on a driver attempting to secure a bumper payout. FirstGroup are baffled when they receive a brazen bus claim, and a suspicious story about some lost jewellery lacks the ring of truth.
The next stop is jail for the fraudster behind a massive bus fraud involving seven collisions and hundreds of personal injury claims. A mobile phone insurance company is determined to flush out the truth after receiving a suspicious claim for a mobile phone dropped down a drain. Time is called on a punter's claim against a pub, thanks to CCTV footage, when a landlord's false fire claim combusts at court as he tries to insure the building after it has burned down. Plus, the jaw-dropping footage of an attempt at house insurance fraud that went tragically wrong in the USA.
Prison is the final destination for a prolific travel insurance fraudster who racked up claims totalling over £100,000. CCTV well and truly puts the brakes on a claim for multiple injuries sustained in an incident on a bus. And the men behind an attempted fraud clearly don't know their left from their right, as they submit a claim that simply could never have happened as they describe.
Secret filming and a musical performance are instrumental in the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department sending a postman to prison after making a grossly exaggerated personal injury claim, while the stage beckons for one chancer who is caught on CCTV pulling off the performance of a lifetime with a theatrical fall into a pothole. A fake death certificate is the final nail in the coffin for a shoddy attempt at a travel insurance scam, a pet insurance company refuses to roll over when there is a dubious claim for a pair of stolen puppies, and CCTV is the undoing of a rail passenger who slips up with a wet-floor story.
A moped rider's poor attempt to defraud a council for compensation lands him in front of a High Court judge, and ultimately behind bars. Dash-cam footage proves to be the perfect eyewitness as the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department bust a textbook case of crash for cash. A wannabe film producer's insurance claim for stolen cameras has so many plot holes, it is anything but a whodunnit. And a claimant hoping to cash in on their travel insurance is left disappointed.
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department track down a ghost broker who has been pocketing his victim's money leaving them to drive uninsured. A paparazzi photographer's sensational story of how he was mugged at knifepoint is exposed as a work of fiction, a game show appearance on national television in the United States leads to one woman's 'come on downfall' and a travel insurance company smell a rat when they receive a claim for a nose job while abroad.
Officers from the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department hit the jackpot when they raid the home of a man suspected of a series of meticulously planned frauds. Next stop is the land of nod as CCTV footage puts one bus passenger's personal injury claim to bed, a woman is caught red handed when a lost ring miraculously reappears on her finger, and a dog owner's request to alter veterinary records comes back to bite her.
The Metropolitan Police carry out a raid on a fraudulent claims management company, resulting in a jail term for the man behind it. Doubts flood in when a mobile phone insurance company receive a claim for a phone lost in a canal, supermarket CCTV delivers a knockout blow to one man's hopes of a payout when it proves how he really sustained the injuries he's claiming for, and phoney police reports are the final straw for a travel insurance company when they receive a claim from a backpacker who apparently carries thousands in cash and only wears designer labels.
Prison is the final destination for a woman who goes on the run after a claim for over £100,000 worth of camera equipment is exposed, and the dog owners whose incredible run of bad luck turns out to be nothing more than a series of lies to cash in on their pet insurance. Phone call recordings are the undoing of a seemingly honest motorist who tells insurers he's uninjured, only to do a u-turn and submit a claim for injuries he claimed not to have. And a fraudster quite literally gets his fingers burnt when CCTV shows what really happened to his van.
The criminals behind a £150,000 fraud are jailed after one of the gang confesses that the accident being claimed for never even happened. One woman gets herself in a flap when her house insurance claim for damage caused by a feathered intruder fails to get off the ground, while CCTV footage trips up a commuter who tries to cash in on an unfortunate accident. And a claimant's ever-changing story leads to IFED busting a bogus burglary claim worth £60,000.
2014
A family tells the tragic story of the UK's first crash-for-cash fatality. A prisoner tries to cash in from behind bars, two fraudsters see their scam melt away when they post ice cubes in an attempt to defraud Royal Mail, and Thames Valley Police raid a business address in the hunt for a suspected crash-for-cash ring.
A fireman goes from hero to zero when he is caught red-handed in an arson insurance fraud. A criminal's attempts to scam the state see him locked up for longer, an insurance claimer is trapped when he says a rat stole his mobile phone, and IFED raids the homes of suspected car insurance fraudsters.
A 'riotous' fraudster hopes the civil unrest of 2011 will pay for a new launderette. A policy holder thinks she can claim on her travel insurance when she hasn't even left her front doorstep, and two bus passengers think a small knock will pay out big. Meanwhile, Thames Valley Police get tough as they knock down the door of a suspected major insurance scammer.
A scammer who sees a bus company as her ticket to ride ends up in court. A holidaymaker hopes his travel insurance will give him a new designer wardrobe, and an online seller thinks her first class scam will see Royal Mail pay out hundreds in insurance claims. The Insurance Fraud Enforcement department tackles a suspected car insurance scammer with an early morning raid.
A fake death certificate exposes a fraudster's elaborate plan to cash in from the grave. An accidental fire is shown to be anything but in a business insurance claim, and CCTV exposes the lies one person tells in an attempt to cash in from a bus company. Thames Valley Police continue the hunt for a group of suspected car insurance fraudsters.
Facebook is the undoing of a fraudster who claims to have lost a £20,000 engagement ring while abroad in Rio. A fishy story about a mobile phone lost overboard is soon exposed, and a ruse to claim for several lost laptops ends badly when investigators discover the fake receipts literally do not add up. The City of London police's insurance fraud enforcement department decide to tackle travel insurance fraud with a series of nationwide raids.
A royal attempt to scam the postal service of thousands of pounds ends with a jail sentence, and one insurance claimer goes overboard with his story of damage to his beloved yacht. Rather than pay thousands of pounds of congestion charges, one woman hopes that once the bailiffs have her car, she can report it stolen and get her insurance company to pay out. The insurance fraud enforcement department decides to tackle travel insurance fraud head-on with a series of nationwide raids.
A convicted drug dealer thinks a bump on the head will give him a bumper payout from behind bars. After feeling under par, a golf professional sees his fake insurance claim land him in the rough, the asset protection unit are forced to steal back what is rightfully theirs in an undercover snatch back and Thames Valley police continue to clamp down hard on suspected crash for cash gangs.
A London bus company brings in the Metropolitan Police to tackle a crash for cash scammer. A fraudster's lies are exposed on his Facebook site when he tells his mates where his bracelet was really lost. An insurance company becomes suspicious when the exact same photos are used to claim for a broken TV several years later, and the insurance fraud enforcement department embark on an exhaustive cat-and-mouse game in the hunt for a suspected car insurance fraudster.
A shameless father-and-son duo tries to trip up the council with a fake personal injury claim, but a 999 call soon exposes their lies. A woman's attempt to exaggerate a personal injury claim shows why the UK is the 'whipcash' capital of Europe, and a perpetual claimer is left out in the cold when he claims his fridge freezer is broken one too many times. The insurance fraud enforcement department returns to haunt a greedy ghost broker.
2015
A driver's hopes of a bumper personal injury claim take a hefty knock when CCTV shows what really happened. Justice is delivered when the Royal Mail scuppers a fraudster's attempts to cash in. A convicted criminal is handed extra time on his sentence when he trips up with a dramatic fall behind bars. A drink driver tries to claim on his insurance for damage that he caused. Plus jaw-dropping footage of an American car dealer who deliberately crashed his $2 million supercar and now faces up to 20 years behind bars.
2016
A bogus car insurance claim leads to the police tracking down and recovering hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of vehicles stolen from the UK, while a mother's attempt to cash in with a personal injury claim after the most minor of bus crashes is caught on camera. A man ends up doing time when the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department crack his lost watch scam, and a father frames his own son for destroying a supposedly valuable work of art. In the USA, an attempt at home insurance fraud ends in tragedy.
2018
A fraudster attempting to cash in with a bogus car insurance claim ends up behind bars when his lies are exposed by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, while investigators have a hard time making sense of a dubious claim for a lost watch when their customer just can't get any of his facts straight. Pet insurers refuse to roll over as a dog owner attempts to push through a claim where none of the facts check out, and in the USA an undercover police operation catches out a husband who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted, even if it meant committing the ultimate evil.
A fraudster is resurrected from the grave when a store loyalty card exposes his fake death scam and lands him with a five-year stretch behind bars. Photos posted on social media expose the truth behind a young man's personal injury claim. A pushy customer walks away empty-handed after insurers get wise to his repetitive tactics, and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department are on the hunt for a man who attempted to defraud Newcastle City Council after his attempts to show off to his friends went horribly wrong.
The shocking story of a husband and wife who conned an insurer out of £70,000 by falsely claiming a young relative had been blinded in an accident. A convicted criminal is handed an even longer stretch behind bars after faking a fall from his bunk bed to make a personal injury claim. A mobile phone insurance claim is flushed away when the claimant's soggy story of losing it down a drain holds no water. CCTV pours cold water on an insurance claim after a building is burned to the ground, and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department carry out an early morning raid to arrest a suspected fraudster.
Secret filming exposes cracks in the foundations of a builder's grossly exaggerated personal injury claim, causing it to come tumbling down. A holidaymaker hopes that his travel insurance will pay out for new fishing tackle and a designer wardrobe after he claims to have been kidnapped whilst on holiday in Venezuela. Shortly after passing his test, a young driver is caught up in a crash-for-cash scam. CCTV exposes one bus passenger's theatrical fake fall in an effort to cash in, and further around the globe we take a look at some truly extraordinary attempts by pedestrians to induce accidents and lucrative personal injury claims.
A fraudster's claim hits a bump in the road when hi-tech anti-fraud kit in the car reveals what really happened. Time is called on a personal injury claim when CCTV shows a broken chair in a pub was thanks to a spot of DIY by the claimant. A slip-and-trip scam using a hotdog and some terrible acting fails to bring home the bacon, and a claimant goes on the offensive when their motor insurance scam is stopped in its tracks.
CCTV trips up a convict attempting a con whilst being detained at Her Majesty's pleasure. A pair of opportunists dig themselves into a hole when they try to claim for a stolen puppy. A bus passenger loses face when CCTV shows her casually applying make-up throughout the entire incident she's claiming for, and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department get more than they bargained for when they raid the home of a serial fraudster.
A shopper gets more than he bargained for when he tries an unsavoury scam in the supermarket. The Metropolitan Police bring down a crash-for-cash gang. Justice is delivered when a second-class attempt to defraud the Royal Mail ends in a prosecution. Station CCTV footage leads to a clumsy commuter's personal injury claim hitting the buffers, and a fraudster's tall tales are exposed as lies.
Prison is the final destination for a serial fraudster who travelled around Europe with the proceeds from his bogus claims. An opportunist's chances of a payout after an icy accident quickly melt away when a set of footprints reveal what really happened. A claimant hoping for a speedy payout after claiming to have lost not one but two smartphones in a fast food restaurant is left disappointed, and IFED carry out an early-morning raid to bust the culprits behind a huge crash-for-cash scam.
Undercover filming exposes a fraudster who's been bending the truth about his bad back. It's not all roses for an opportunist who claims they quite literally fell head over heels on Valentine's night. The chips are down in Las Vegas for a pair of criminals caught red-handed. And the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catch out a fraudster who was just too organized for his own good when he staged a bogus burglary.
A desperate man ends up behind bars after torching his family business to get himself out of debt. Social media puts the brakes on a cyclist who tries to submit a personal injury claim almost two years after his accident. A trio of crash-for-cash criminals end up behind bars when they try to use an online grocery business as their meal ticket. A claimant finds out the importance of being honest the hard way when his £25,000 claim is dismissed because he failed to disclose his criminal record, and one unlucky gambler's attempts to cash in fall flat when CCTV cameras reveal the truth.
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catches up with a married couple who've been systematically defrauding their medical insurers for over a decade. Two men end up owing an insurance company over £10,000 after deliberately crashing their cars into each other to try and earn a quick buck, an employee's compensation claim for an injury at work falls flat when it is discovered he wasn't actually there at the time of the accident, and a whiplash claim comes to a screeching halt when CCTV footage reveals that the two vehicles involved barely touched each other.
CCTV stops a pedestrian's personal injury claim in its tracks when it shows that he was never hit at all, pet insurers expose a dog owner's canine con, and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department unravel the plot when a wannabe film director's claims an airline has lost nearly £200,000 worth of camera equipment. A social media search delivers the knock-out blow to a martial arts fighter's bogus personal injury claim, a serial scammer's repeated travel insurance claims are grounded, and in America, a tragic accident turns out to be a shocking life insurance fraud.
Secret filming reveals a woman claiming she's too injured to work is as fit as an insurance fiddler, a doctor fakes a family member's death to avoid paying for replacement flights, and a professional fighter's bid for compensation is knocked back. The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catch up with the owner of a courier company who sent his unsuspecting delivery drivers out on UK roads without insurance in an effort to save money, while compensation is off the menu for a man caught throwing himself down some restaurant stairs in an outrageous personal injury stunt, and a traveller's claim for a helicopter rescue that never happened fails to get off the ground.
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department are the on the hunt for a gang of fraudsters attempting to scam thousands of pounds out of insurance companies using a broken down ice cream van, a prisoner hasn't learnt any lessons in good behaviour as she tries to lie her way to an insurance payout, and a traveller's harrowing account of being attacked and robbed at gunpoint whilst travelling in Tanzania turns out to be a total fabrication. Also, an insurance company cries 'foul' when social media exposes a footballer's attempts to kick-off a fraudulent personal injury claim, and an American woman's evil plan to cash in on her husband's million-dollar life insurance policy is thwarted thanks to some extraordinary hidden camera footage.
A man with a genuine claim is left empty handed after secret filming reveals he's been grossly exaggerating his injuries. A serial fraudster is sentenced to a decade behind bars when the law catches up with him. A claim for a lost mobile phone is cut off when investigations reveal the owner's already put in ten identical claims. Call recordings come back to haunt one claimant when they try to claim for personal injury compensation, having previously declared they weren't hurt at all, and a passenger on a night bus discovers it's hard to prove you've suffered whiplash injuries when CCTV shows there was never a collision and you stayed asleep the entire time.
A man charged with illegally selling bogus insurance policies goes on the run after his home is raided by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department. A sportswoman's claim for loss of earnings falters at the start line when an Internet search reveals she's been competing all along, and a man's attempt to commit insurance fraud by staging a car crash fails to get out of first gear. An opportunist learns that it's hard to get money in compensation for falling over when CCTV footage shows that you remained on your feet the entire time, and a personal injury claim is knocked back when phone call recordings reveal the claimant admitted, not once but twice, to her insurance company that she wasn't hurt in any way.
Secret filming captures the remarkable recovery of a man claiming he can barely walk, while a woman who claims to have lost her phone on a drunken night out gets a sobering response from her insurers. A careless cyclist's personal injury claim hits the skids, the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catch a teenager selling fake insurance policies to unsuspecting motorists, and an attempt to extend a holiday abroad goes down the pan. In America, a doctor giving chemotherapy to healthy patients is exposed in the country's biggest healthcare fraud.
A private credit hire company work with police to identify a mysterious thief stealing fraudulently obtained hire cars and flush him out in unique sting operation, a man loses his cool when his bogus mobile phone claim is cancelled, and a bus inspector masterminds a deliberate crash-for-cash with a bus full of passengers. When a man's cellar floods with raw sewage, the smell of home insurance fraud is unmistakable, and a driver caught staging collisions to make fraudulent insurance claims flees the country.
A claimant is caught out when he sends an email from the phone he's claiming has been lost, a dubious claim for personal injury against a bus company is dealt a blow when CCTV reveals one of the claimants was never even at the scene, and a bogus burglary claim goes up in smoke. Insurers crack a woman's attempt to build up a nest egg by repeatedly claiming she has lost her jewellery, an opportunist's scam is easily exposed when it transpires he'd already told his insurers the truth, and in the USA, a husband is handed a life sentence after committing the ultimate evil act in order to get his hands on his wife's life insurance premium.
Footage captured on station CCTV cameras sends a train passenger's personal injury claim into the buffers when it contradicts his version of events, and there are life-changing consequences for an insurance company employee when he's caught stealing customer information. Investigators struggle to establish whether the puppy in a pet insurance claim even existed, there is a tearful confession from an opportunist caught pursuing a claim for lost jewellery after it had been found, and a fraudster learns a costly lesson when he's caught exaggerating the damage to his vehicle in the hope of a bigger pay out
A woman ends up behind bars when the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department crack a fake death scam that also implicated her own son to cash in on a life insurance policy, while a claim for a lost mobile phone is cut off when investigators discover it's already been reported as stolen. A gang's elaborate attempt to pull off a crash-for-cash scam is scuppered when the entire fraud is captured on CCTV, insurers crack a case involving a claimant with dual identities, and an opportunist's personal injury claim falls at the first hurdle.
A genuine bus accident that could have had tragic consequences leads to an outrageous claim for compensation, while the seriousness of an opportunist's decision to proceed with a fraudulent claim hits home when she's confronted with the possibility of legal action. A prisoner really trips up when his attempt at making a bogus personal injury claim results in extra jail time, an attempt to claim for a new carpet is unravelled by insurance investigators, and CCTV comes to the fore as a fraudster's plan to cash in with a deliberate car crash is foiled.
Officers from the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department travel to Las Vegas as they investigate a tip-off about a woman impersonating her deceased mother to cash in on insurance policies. A scammer gets creative as he attempts to rubber-stamp his own claim with forged documents, while CCTV flies in the face of a bus passenger's claim for personal injuries when it shows that the incident being claimed for never even happened. Time is called on a claim for a stolen watch after information contained in a digital photo supplied to back up the claim reveals it was taken two weeks after it was allegedly stolen.
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catch up with the short-tempered serial fraudster who terrorised claims handlers as he chased payment for a string of fraudulent claims, while a bogus claim for a pair of stolen mobile phones is cut off by investigators when the claimant's story fails to ring true. An attempt at a crash-for-cash scam backfires when CCTV footage supplied by the claimant to rubber-stamp their claim shows what really happened, while the past comes back to haunt a fraudster years after he thought he'd got away with it. Plus the bizarre bogus insurance claim that supposedly arose from a domestic dispute.
Fraud managers are left scratching their heads in disbelief when CCTV footage reveals an audacious bogus personal injury claim, a faulty freezer claim involving a frozen pig is put on ice when investigators suspect it is utter hogwash, and a businessman ends up behind bars when his attempt to defraud his insurer fails. A mother and daughter are given a lesson in fraud when one of them is caught impersonating the other in order to progress a claim, and in the USA, a routine police stop leads to the discovery of one woman's murder plot to cash in on her husband's life insurance policy.
The gravity of the situation hits home for an opportunist forced to come clean when investigators foil his attempted fraud, and an insurer is faced with a case of a mysterious passenger when they discover that the one of the claimants following a suspicious car crash wasn't even in the car. It's back to basics for one would-be insurance fraudster who induces a collision with a bus, despite not even being insured at the time, and there is the story of the doctor who lost everything following a greedy scam billing insurers for medical treatment that was never carried out.
CCTV reveals the truth behind a shameless attempt to claim for compensation, while a fraudulent claim for a stolen car fails to get out of first gear, and insurers go toe to toe with a bolshy boxer. The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catches up with the rogue insurance claims negotiator who used his expertise to fuel his gambling addiction, and a travel insurance claim is grounded when investigators make a startling discovery. In the USA, the police are called to a horrific crime scene that turns out to be part a sickening life insurance scam.
A builder's personal injury claim is rocked to its foundations when undercover filming reveals that he is far fitter than his claim would suggest, while black-box technology and social media are the undoing of two relatives behind a car insurance scam. A woman goes to extraordinary lengths to fool her insurers and bolster her claim after suffering a genuine an accident at work, a customer gets hung up with his times and dates as he attempts to claim for a lost mobile phone, and a holidaymaker is forced to come clean when investigators expose her lies.
A scam that started with a car crash, designed to line pockets, backfires badly. A greedy claimant uses a burglary as an opportunity to exaggerate his claim, while friendships are tested as skint students resort to fraudulent measures. Business partners bending the rules are caught out by social media, a motorcyclist entangles himself in a web of deceit, and a sprinkler scam leaves an opportunistic fraudster in deep water.
A globetrotter gets an earful when he is caught trying to claim twice for a pair of high-end headphones lost on holiday. Dashcam footage reveals the dirty work of a crash-for-cash gang as they attempt to cash in on an innocent victim, while a bin lorry is the unusual target of a scam with rubbish consequences. A pet portrait calls time on a lost watch claim as its metadata highlights all is not what it seems, and a football-loving claimant signed off work with injuries risks a stiff penalty.
Undercover filming exposes one man's attempt to cheat his way to a one-million-pound payout, while a claimant's photography skills come under scrutiny as she attempts to claim for some lost jewellery. A would-be fraudster attempts to extend her home insurance claim, and an absent-minded opportunist persists in a claim over a lost bag. A prisoner earns himself additional time behind bars when his slippery scam trips him up, and CCTV proves to be the ultimate eyewitness as a motorist does battle with a bus.
An expensive car scam backfires badly when investigators spot the tell-tale signs. Timelines conflict in a claim for a watch reported damaged in stormy weather when it's already on an insurer's radar as having been stolen, while an absent-minded fraudster claiming for a mobile phone gets rumbled when his lies tie him up in knots. Fancy footwork is the undoing of an opportunistic bus passenger with an eye for compensation, and pet insurers attempt to claw back a claimant's ill-gotten gains.
A jewellery lover with form loses her sparkle when the companies she targets identify multiple scams, while a hungry hotel guest outstays his welcome by faking an injury. Disaster on the dance floor ends in court with a claimant in a tangle when CCTV reveals all, and a holidaymaker tries it on with a phone scam that just won't fly as records highlight his handset is still up and running. Meanwhile, a chancer staging a car crash fails as he catches himself out with in-car technology.
2020
Naga Munchetty returns with the programme exposing cases of fraud. Insurers combine forces to catch a serial fraudster making fake claims off the back of high-profile tragedies, while digital data reveals that a claim for £35,000 worth of stolen jewellery is a complete lie.
Fraudsters put innocent drivers' lives at risk by engineering crashes, a fake accident is exposed, and a preacher tries to dishonestly cash in on his wife's life insurance policy.
A convict claims he had an accident in the prison gym, a group of women stages a fall in a supermarket and when a Rolex gets ruined, the claimant has problems recalling his timings.
Two sisters who tried to cheat their insurers following a car crash. Plus, a suspiciously unlucky computer user caught out after making multiple claims for lost laptops. Presented by Naga Munchetty.
CCTV footage reveals the truth when opportunists claim for injuries after being hit by a bus, and false claims of a serious injury sustained on a running machine are exposed.
CCTV footage proves to be the undoing of a con man claiming he cannot work due to an injury, and in America, a doctor abuses his position to commit medical health insurance fraud.
A holiday insurance scam is foiled when investigators uncover forged documents, while CCTV footage exposes the false claims of a man who said he was hit by a bus.
A woman's personal injury claim bites back after claiming that metal shards were found in her takeaway and a bishop faces judgement after trying to pull off a £12,000 car fraud.
A woman claiming she tripped on a loose paving stone as she pushed her toddler in a buggy, is caught out when CCTV footage reveals the truth. Plus, information embedded in a digital photo scuppers an attempted scam for lost jewellery. Presented by Naga Munchetty.
Questions are asked when a year after a house fire a second claim comes in, while the data embedded in digital photographs submitted to support stolen items does not add up.
An amateur detective turns the tables on fraudsters running a crash-for-cash scam, and fur flies as a woman claiming her pedigree cat has been stolen is caught out by social media.
A fraudster feigns innocence when caught scamming a holiday company. Elsewhere, CCTV shows that an employee claiming compensation was actually drunk when he fell.
An exploration of insurance fraud, including dishonest claimants being caught on camera.
A gang of fraudsters' million-pound wine bar insurance racket is uncovered, and insurers receive a bizarre claim after a dog damages an expensive surgical bed.
Anti-fraud teams deal with a crash-for-cash duo when an £8million scam is exposed, and food poisoning leaves one insurer with a claim for eight holiday-makers. Last in the series.
2023
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of investigators. Today, when he finds himself facing a prison sentence, a builder says he was given dodgy advice before faking a claim. The tables are turned on a burglary victim who turns rogue to get his hands on a bigger payout. A not-so-jolly sailor ends up in hot water after his boat goes up in flames. A skier is on thin ice when he fails to disclose a hefty payout that had already been paid into his account, and a serial claims cheat is caught on camera when he’s recorded on CCTV.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a fast-food brawl leaves one woman convinced she has a fighting chance of getting her hands on £100,000. A plumber tries to claim for his stolen tools twice, while a crash-for-cash gang’s antics are exposed by satellite technology. A butcher injured at work chops and changes his story so much that he ends up with nothing other than a huge bill to pay, and a serial claims cheat fakes damage to the same sofa multiple times until the police finally catch up with him.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a jogger fakes a £6,500 payout, but his antics are caught on CCTV. A scammer is exposed online after using multiple identities to cash in following a series of robberies, while an adrenaline junkie wanting a £50,000 payout for his injuries has his claim wiped out when he shares his adventures on social media. A driver is exposed for implicating his nearest and dearest in a false claim, and a dog owner plays fast and loose with her pet policy to get reimbursed for a £4,000 vet bill.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, CCTV reveals what really happened after a nasty fall at a birthday bash resulted in a £15,000 claim. A holidaymaker goes missing in action when asked tricky questions about his lost luggage claim, while a footballer scores an own goal when his own social media posts expose his lies about his accident. Data from a clever bit of kit marks the end of the road for a £50,000 claim for a car crash that never happened, and a woman is caught red-handed after trying to get a £38,000 payout for some stolen bling.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a woman injured in an accident sees her claim go belly up when she gets on the dance floor. A serving police officer gets involved in a brazen attempt to get a payout for bikes that don’t even exist, while a binman claiming for serious injuries fails to mention his sporting sideline. A disgruntled employee is willing to harm herself as part of a bogus claim, and a salsa dancer’s exaggerated injury claims are exposed in court.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a family trip to a theme park ends in tears when an accident leaves a dad seriously injured, but the subsequent £1.5 million insurance claim is scuppered when the victim is caught on camera taking everyone for a ride. A man puts in a dodgy claim after crashing a digger, but then digs himself into a hole when his dubious evidence doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. A road traffic accident sees tempers fraying until investigators discover that all those involved are connected and have staged the crash. The tables are turned on a young man who fakes a fall in order to claim a big payout, and an unlucky couple struck down in the street by a falling shop sign make an unlikely claim.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a career criminal who masterminded an insurance racket worth £250,000 is put back behind bars after investigators expose his wrongdoing. A woman claiming tens of thousands of pounds for an injury caused by a faulty shoe is tripped up by her own evidence and the investigators who stay hot on her heels. A couple who put in a phoney injury claim for £30,000 see the wheels come off their case when their story doesn’t add up. A wedding photographer’s dodgy claim for ruined camera kit is exposed as a lie, and a traveller misses his flight due to a puncture on the way to the airport, but his claim falls flat when he submits a forged receipt for his new tyres from a garage.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a pet owner who can’t get his story straight about his dogs’ disappearance, and a serial scammer whose scheming earned him a huge 50 grand payout has the brakes slammed on his claims when he is sentenced to 22 months behind bars. A trio who submit separate injury claims by faking trips over drain covers see their scam flushed out by investigators. Dodgy whiplash claims made by a group of friends following a car crash are delivered a huge blow when online footage of them boxing shows they’re fighting fit, and a globetrotter who fakes a document to claim for a camera damaged on holiday sees his hopes of a payout disappear in a flash.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a mum who plays fast and loose with the facts to get a refund for her family holiday is called out. There's stormy weather for the homeowner who says her property was damaged in gale-force winds. A man clones someone else’s identity to cash in on a high-value jewellery claim. Investigators do a double take when a tradesman claims his tools and his van were stolen twice over, and a nasty collision between a cyclist and a bus poses a puzzle for the fraud team.
Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a con man is exposed when he loses his cool with call centre staff. A holidaymaker is left to foot a huge medical bill abroad after being caught changing his story. A scammer behind a large-scale one-man crime spree is stopped in his tracks by counter fraud officials. A cyclist’s claim hits the skids when he takes to social media to show off his bike, and a man in a van who has a bang with a bus is caught out on camera.
A cabbie trying to make a quick buck on a £100,000 crash-for-cash scam puts his livelihood on the line. A telly, a toy and an angry child – but cracks soon appear in a father’s feeble attempt to get money for a new TV. The chips are down for a woman involved in a freak accident while queuing in a takeaway when investigators discover this isn’t a first for her. A motorist demanding £30,000 in compensation after a collision with a bus is caught out on camera, and a criminal pockets £50,000 selling dodgy insurance – and even ropes his own mum into the racket.
A factory worker pursuing an £800,000 injury claim following a production-line accident is caught out on camera. Two men trying to cash in on a car crash are exposed as liars when investigators go online and find out what they’ve really been up to. An inmate in a high-security prison ends up in hot water after falling on a wet floor. A driver who ran up £134,000 in hire car charges while claiming that his vehicle isn’t roadworthy has the brakes slammed on his case when photo evidence reveals his deceit. And a footballer scores an own goal when his online posts kick his claim for whiplash into touch.
There's trouble in paradise after a family’s £20,000 food poisoning fraud is laid bare when they post proof online that exposes their lies. Investigators catch a cabbie out when they discover his dubious driving history involving 20 previous accidents. An injured inmate who wanted £8,000 after taking a tumble in his cell has his claim stopped in its tracks by prison staff. Two men who invent injuries to cash in on a car crash are exposed and ordered to pay thousands in costs, and a builder claiming £12,000 after tripping at work slips up when he claims the fall ruined his holiday.
A burst pipe, a ruined family home and a £30,000 insurance claim put investigators on high alert. The brakes are applied to a series of deliberate, but very lucrative, car crashes that are putting other road users’ lives in peril. A prison inmate struck down with a gastric illness blames the prison food, but the governor’s having none of it. A blagging biker breaks his leg but then tries to take the council for a ride to get a payout. And a young man who wanted a payout as he could no longer skateboard following an accident slips up with his own online posts.
A woman pursuing a £10,000 payout after falling feet first into a drain finds herself in a real hole when her story doesn’t add up. Three burglaries in three years – a homeowner who claims he was having a run of bad luck is rumbled by the fraud detectives. It’s double trouble for a scammer who submits identical photos to try to get paid out twice. A dodgy car insurance broker has the brakes slammed on his con by quick-witted investigators, and a convict is caught out on CCTV while trying to make his getaway with a takeaway snack.
2021
A house fire ends in tragedy when an attempt to cash in on a big home insurance policy goes terribly wrong, and a window cleaner who says he can’t work is caught out on camera.
The theft of a luxury car is revealed to be an inside job when fraudsters are caught out by tracking technology, and a boxer finds himself on the ropes when his lies are exposed online.
A surveillance operation trips up a man claiming big money after a fall on an uneven pavement, and a gang causing deliberate car crashes to make fraudulent claims is investigated.
Investigators turn tables on a woman claiming £690,000 for personal injury after surveillance shows she’s living life to the full, and a DIY disaster is put under scrutiny.
A driver claiming for injuries following an accident tries her hand at amateur dramatics before her lies are exposed, and claims from students trying to cash in on a fire are extinguished.
Dashcam footage reveals the truth when a driver slams on the brakes on a dual carriageway, and a Rolex supposedly stolen in a burglary reappears in a pawn shop two years later.
An arson-for-cash case ends tragically when a child is caught in the blaze, and social media posts about a hiking trip stops a personal injury claim in its tracks.
A man claiming a fall into a garden pond left him with a fear of heights enjoys himself on a water slide, and a serial fraudster is found out when claiming for three luxury laptops.
A film on social media of a paragliding holidaymaker puts an end to his personal injury claim, and the fraud inspectors blow the whistle on a claim for stolen model steam engines.
Forensic experts investigating a house fire discover illegal plants being grown in the loft, and close associates spill the beans to insurers about a labourer making false claims.
A customer pretending to fall in shops so he can claim compensation is caught out on CCTV, and the owner of a stolen luxury car is unmasked as a fraudster thanks to his key fob.
A fake claim made by an off-duty police officer after a motoring near-miss is exposed by dashcam footage, and a shaggy dog story about a sick puppy fails to convince the insurers.
A wife claiming on her husband’s life insurance is exposed as a fraudster when police discover that he is still alive, and a stranded traveller claiming for a luxury hotel is caught out.
A sickness scam is uncovered when text messages expose the holidaymakers’ lies, and a claim for a burnt wig exposes a serial fraudster who changed his name to avoid detection.
A cheating cabbie involves his loved ones in a bogus claim following a car accident, and sporty online posts expose a cyclist making an injury claim as a liar in lycra.
2014
A fraudster claims on his unemployment policy whilst he is working, and undercover filming catches him in the act. A multiple raid on a group of suspected health insurance scammers leads to the fraud department's largest ever seizure of jewellery. A vet makes thousands of pounds in fraudulent pet insurance claims, but ends up in the doghouse. Plus, how one insurance company closes in on a claims management company involved in a £2 million scam.
A fraudulent cyclist inflates his claim to a staggering £3 million which eventually earns him nine months behind bars. A woman appears to be the victim of a series of muggings, but suspicions are raised and the police investigate. The IFED team conducts an early-morning double raid on a suspected crash-for-cash gang, and a woman claims she was knocked over by a bus, but the CCTV footage tells a very different story.
A bus driver is sent to jail when he's paid £500 to take part in one of the biggest crash-for-cash syndicates in the country. An early-morning raid hits a dead end, the hunt for a suspected fraudster takes a detour, and a would-be conman dials in a number of fake insurance policies for a smartphone that doesn't exist.
When a woman injures her knee on a broken paving stone she expects the council to pay £750,000, but surveillance cameras prove her lies and she is sent to jail. From pugs and poodles, to bulldogs and St Bernards, an unscrupulous policyholder loses pricey pedigree pups with surprising regularity. Plus, an early-morning IFED raid uncovers a major cannabis operation.
A fake insurance company nets almost £500,000 by targeting the elderly, but after two major sting operations, 14 people are sent behind bars. A fraudulent personal injury claim for nearly £1 million is thrown out as surveillance footage reveals the shocking truth, and a rude driver's insurance claim hits the skids thanks to CCTV evidence from a city bus.
An unscrupulous serial fraudster claims she has cancer and is a victim of domestic violence in a bid to net thousands from insurers. Investigators encounter a canine roadblock while on a 'snatch-back' mission to reclaim a luxury hire car and a pedestrian who is hit by a city bus must 'stop, look and listen' before making a claim.
Damning video evidence proves a lorry driver grossly exaggerated a personal injury claim for almost £500,000. A man severely injures himself when he falls down a staircase in a railway station and wants a payout, and in an early-morning double raid, two IFED teams close in on a pair of suspected car insurance fraudsters.
A woman who fakes her own death for a million-pound payout is soon discovered alive and well, but thinks changing her name will fool insurers and the police. A ghost broker who targets teenage drivers is finally caught after months of investigations, and an IFED raid on a suspected crash-for-cash criminal reveals he has also got green fingers.
A jaw-dropping case shows how a man changed his identity and then murdered his lifelong friend for an insurance payout. A solicitor slips up when she uses the same expert witness on two separate claims. In their biggest operation of the year, IFED investigators carry out 20 simultaneous warrants across the UK as they attempt to bring down a suspected credit hire insurance scam.
A man's fake personal injury claims for £2 million is soon exposed by covert surveillance, a man who is struck by a bus points the finger of blame at the driver but CCTV footage tells a different story, and in one of their biggest operations so far, IFED officers clamp down on a suspected car insurance scam involving luxury cars.
2016
Claimed and Shamed is back for its seventh series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. A claimant ends up behind bars when secret filming exposes his injuries as lies. A bus claim stalls when CCTV reveals an alleged accident never happened, and a greedy policyholder is left with a chequered financial record after trying to con his way into a double payout. In the USA, the jaw-dropping case of a woman caught planning her husband's murder by an undercover police officer posing as a hitman, and the next stop is prison when the British Transport Police catch up with a trio of fraudsters behind a massive mobile phone fraud.
Claimed and Shamed is back for its seventh series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. The orchestrator of a crash-for-cash operation targeting delivery vehicles finds himself behind bars when the Metropolitan Police catch up with him. Time is called on a claim for a lost watch when metadata from photos to support the claim actually prove the claimant's dishonesty. Justice is on the menu for one woman after her outrageous attempt at a trip-and-slip claim in a canteen is caught on CCTV, while a gang claiming for accidents that never even happened find themselves in court when insurers crack their scam. And a claimant finds herself out of pocket when her attempt to defraud her insurer backfires, and she has to repay her undeserved payouts.
A man claiming he can't work has his supposedly injured back to the wall after secret filming catches him out, while a woman who misses her flight tries to stage an elaborate cover-up. The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catch up with a fraudster claiming for loss of earnings on a job he didn't even have, and in the USA, a man is murdered in a barbaric life insurance scam.
Claimed and Shamed is back for its seventh series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department pay an early morning visit to a fraudster suspected of selling fake motor insurance policies, and a tiny car park prang results in a shocking claim for personal injury. An amateur boxer's attempt to defraud the Royal Mail ends up on the ropes when his fake personal injury claim is knocked back. A driver's outrageous attempt to bag a bumper payout backfires after it's caught on camera, and a fraudster is forced to admit to his crimes when confronted by his mobile insurer.
Claimed and Shamed is back for its seventh series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department bring down a flashy fraudster who cheated his way to over £100,000, splurging it on fast cars and expensive holidays. CCTV is the undoing of an impatient cyclist who attempts to blame a bus company for his risky riding, while a woman lands herself in hot water when her claim for a leak goes down the pan. A pet owner tries to encourage a veterinary practice to lie on their claim form, and the dark story of an American surgeon who performed unnecessary procedures on patients to line his own pockets.
Undercover filming catches out a bus driver suspected of grossly exaggerating injuries sustained at work. A thrill-seeking holidaymaker without the right insurance cover sees his claim crash and burn, while Royal Mail scupper a second-class attempt at postal fraud. Social media and the inability to get their stories straight proves to be the undoing of a group of friends who try their hands at an elaborate crash-for-cash con, and in the USA justice is delivered for the woman whose sickening health insurance fraud saw an innocent man jailed.
Social media is the undoing of a group of friends who deliberately crash their cars to get a bumper insurance payout, and a tailor's claim for expensive suits ruined by sewage goes down the pan. Insurers block an outrageous attempt by a customer to get her hands on a second replacement phone, while CCTV exposes the lies of a motorist who claims a collision with a bus has left him needing in-home care. A dog owner attempts to use the tragic death of her puppy to make a false insurance claim, and a fisherman is caught hook, line and sinker after falsifying a burglary claim.
The Metropolitan Police team up with insurers to close in on a criminal gang deliberately causing crashes with innocent motorists so that they can submit fraudulent insurance claims. A lorry driver's personal injury claim stalls when surveillance footage captures him doing the things he claims he can't, while two former prison mates come unstuck when they hatch a plan to cash in at the expense of their insurers by staging a car accident. A man hoping to tie the knot makes an indecent proposal on his claim form, and a bus passenger's claim goes belly up when it's captured on CCTV.
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department carry out a series of early morning raids as they bring down a huge car insurance scam, and the diagnosis isn't good for a traveller's medical claim when photos intended to back up his claim actually put it on the critical list. One woman's opportunistic attempt to cash in on a broken television falls flat when she's forced to admit her fraud, an inmate's personal injury claim goes down the drain when he tries to blame the prison for his own carelessness, and the owner of a tanning salon is caught red-handed after attempting to make up the shortfall in her insurance payout with a fraudulent claim.
A speeding fine leads to Greater Manchester Police busting a sophisticated fraud racket worth a quarter of a million pounds. A wannabe master forger's attempt to fake receipts for lost designer goods is foiled by bad spelling. A claim for a stolen car backfires when insurers discover it was entirely made up, metadata contained in a photo puts a spanner in the works for a claim for some stolen tools, and a lie to an insurance company about an accident that took place in a betting shop doesn't pay out.
2023
A woman claiming £1.7 million for injuries that left her unable to perform the simplest of tasks is caught on camera while shopping. A yoga instructor bends the truth to get a payout following an accident. A prisoners claim doesn't add up.
A con woman posing as a grieving widow fakes her husband's death. A mechanic's £50,000 claim for a car jack injury is stopped by investigators. A scammer who took out a string of dodgy motor policies over the phone is caught out.
Concerns over a man's supposed death result in his claim for a fall being thrown out by a judge. The serial scammer heading behind bars after CCTV shows he intentionally caused a crash. Dodgy paperwork trips up a claim over a fall.
A man's £90,000 claim for an accident at work is exposed when his bosses reveal he wasn't even there. A cabbie who concocts a claim is told to cough up thousands. A social media influencer blows his injury claim by posting online.
Naga Munchetty presents shocking stories from the archives, including - a woman trying to profit from tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire, the conman who forgot which side his injuries were on and an arson for cash scheme gone wrong.
A father and son involved in a police chase end up on the wrong side of the law after making bogus claims. Two riders have an unlikely crash on a deserted street during lockdown. CCTV footage catches out 5 young men claiming for injuries.
A van driver's spurious claim hits the skids when dashcam footage reveals the truth about events. A vast network of scammers is exposed. A motorcyclist's fake accident claim is caught out by his own evidence.
A claim goes up in flames when a holiday fire in France turns out to be smoke and mirrors. A martial arts expert's case is given the chop when his social media exposes his lies. Two roofers involved in a bump with a bus are caught out.
A DJ's injury claim hits the deck when online posts show he's been spinning a tall tale. A driver who demanded a cash payout after a collision is caught out by her own texts. A holidaymaker claiming for lost valuables is caught out online.
Shocking stories from the archive, including a life insurance beneficiary seeking deadly revenge after a bitter divorce and the con man who crashes his own car to get a payout. Fraudsters buying up empty wine bars to damage them and claim.
A young woman who tried to cover up a car crash with her tall tales calls up to confess. Investigators use social media to expose a factory worker making a sham claim for workplace injuries. Cameras expose a claim following a collision.
A man who lost his brother to Covid is jailed after fraudulently taking out life insurance policies in his sibling's name after he had already died. A driver making a bogus claim is caught out by number plate recognition cameras.
A man's claim for a cancelled holiday is sent packing as a flight of fancy. A bogus claim for a car crash is foiled by a car's smart technology. A pet insurance claim for a poorly pooch is pulled apart by investigators.
A chef who makes a bogus claim by exaggerating his injuries finds himself in hot water. A dodgy driver who stops his car in the middle of a roundabout is caught out on CCTV. A hotel owner claiming to be too ill to work is caught out.
Shocking stories from the archives, including the serial scammer who fakes fires and uses false identities to put in fraudulent insurance claims. The men who who made millions by deliberately causing car accidents.
2017
Undercover filming reveals that a handyman is working despite claiming disability on his income protection policy, while a travelling football fan is caught offside as he struggles to get almost every aspect of his stolen luggage story straight. An opportunist tries to catch her insurers napping by claiming for a top-of-the-line mattress, a serial fraudster comes unstuck after he tries to make the same personal injury claim three times in 12 years, and in the USA a convicted fraudster goes to jaw-dropping lengths to delay a ten-year jail sentence.
A motorist with a genuine claim is left out of pocket when forensic engineers discover that he has used a hammer to grossly exaggerate the damage to his vehicle, and a prisoner's bogus personal injury claim collapses after he fails to get his facts straight. A couple go on the run when their elaborate claim of being burgled at knifepoint is exposed as a fraud after the woman is interviewed wearing the jewellery she claimed was stolen, and phone records show that insurance for a new puppy was taken out after it had been injured.
A claim for a water-damaged mobile phone sinks when the claimant admits it is a fraudulent claim, and shocking spelling is the undoing of a chancer attempting to cash in on their travel insurance policy for medical treatment that never took place. A couple fail to get their stories straight in a made-up motor insurance claim, while an opportunist miraculously predicts her own accident at work. Pub CCTV cameras show what really happened when a cyclist attempts to take the brewery for a ride with a personal injury claim, and a pair of motorists confess to claiming for the same damage twice.
A serial scammer is caught out when he attempts to make identical travel insurance claims by altering the figures on a police report, while a caravan owner concocts an elaborate story to claim for a theft that never even happened. A fraudster who cashed in by selling worthless insurance policies is brought to justice, and a couple's personal injury claim fails to get into first gear when bus CCTV reveals that they deliberately caused the collision themselves. In the USA, a fraudster's barbaric scheme to profit from a fraudulent insurance claim results in a life-changing injury for his victim.
A serial fraudster's bogus burglary claims are busted when greed gets the better of him, a motorist is caught red-handed when he tries to claim for the same damage twice, and a woman comes clean after a dirty attempt to claim on her phone insurance. A holidaymaker is caught trying to use her travel policy to fund a make-over, a motorist's opportunist attempt to cash in on a crash is scuppered by CCTV footage, and a dog breeder fails to get her facts straight when pursuing a claim for an injured puppy.
A railway worker's £300,000 personal injury claim for a broken thumb hits the buffers when undercover filming proves he is taking his insurers for a ride, and a fraudulent claim for a mobile phone lost in a river sinks like a stone when the handset resurfaces in a recycling shop. Metadata embedded in a photo is the undoing of a woman whose claim for almost £2,000 worth of stolen make-up turns out to be made up. A dog owner is caught attempting to take out a policy on a puppy after it has been injured, and black box technology fitted to a car reveals what really happened in an elaborate crash for cash con.
A large-scale bogus injury scam is foiled as a group of football supporters fail to clock the CCTV cameras on board the bus, a motorist is caught in the act when he tries to repeat a previous claim by deliberately causing an accident, and social media is the undoing of a bride-to-be's claim for a lost engagement ring. A driver's attempt to exaggerate his claim backfires when he can't get his story straight and in America, a psychiatrist involved in diagnosing patients with false mental illnesses is exposed in one of the largest fake prescription scams in history.
A driver's personal injury claim is rumbled when CCTV footage reveals that he was never even in the car, while a woman's attempt to cash in at the expense of her travel insurer is exposed, thanks to her childish counterfeit skills. It is bad news for a burglary claim when a photo of one of the stolen items includes a newspaper from after the date of the burglary, and a party-loving claimant is caught out when his friends and family reveal that his accident was nobody's fault but his own. A claim for fire damage goes up in smoke when insurers prove the claimant didn't even own the house at the time, and an opportunistic bus passenger fails to spot the cameras recording his every move when he changes the sequence of events to suit his personal injury claim.
A gang that risked the lives of innocent motorists by deliberately causing crashes is brought to justice, while undercover filming catches out a budding entrepreneur who thinks he can claim on his income protection policy whilst running his own business. Metadata and a feeble attempt at forgery derail a fraudulent claim for possessions lost on a train, social media posts come back to haunt a woman trying to insure her mobile phone after she has lost it on a drunken night out, and a boxer's ham-fisted bid to cash in with a bogus personal injury claim is knocked back by his insurer.
The next stop is jail for a gang that made the mistake of thinking it could cash in by deliberately causing a collision with a bus, while a holidaymaker's claim for lost luggage is grounded thanks to forged documents. Information embedded in digital photos submitted to back up a burglary claim proves that the items were never even stolen, and a phone call comes back to haunt a motorist claiming for compensation two-and-a-half years after the accident took place. Time is called on a personal injury claim against a pub when CCTV shows the claimant wasn't even there, and in America a woman is found guilty of killing her husband for money.
2019
Naga Munchetty presents the programme exposing cases of insurance fraud. CCTV cameras are the undoing of a dangerous driver as the true nature of his run-in with a bus is caught on camera, while a woman's hopes of a pay-out after a work-related back injury are set back when footage emerges of her bungee jumping and jet skiing.
A fraudster is left bankrupt and behind bars when his attempt at a crash-for-cash scam backfires. Questions are raised after a stolen watch is found, but not where it should be.
An opportunist tries his hand at forgery to sign off his own claim, and a case of road rage escalates into a fraudulent claim.
A prisoner claiming for injury behind bars forgets that the camera never lies and a bodybuilder is floored after flaunting his workouts when he is supposed to be off sick.
A driver claiming for disability with serious back injuries is shamed by surveillance footage that puts the brakes on her claim, while a strange case of a missing phone turns one dodgy claimant into a super sleuth. Presented by Naga Munchetty.
Secret filming is the undoing of an opportunist attempting to exaggerate his personal injury claim, and insurers deal with a rear-end shunt that has plenty of twists and turns.
Anonymous tip-offs reveal an outrageous plan to cash in after a flood ruins a house and, when a missing watch turns up, it is not the good news that the claimant expected.
A careless cyclist is left reeling after an incident with a bus. Elsewhere, a claimant tries to con an insurer with a fraudulent claim for lost jewellery.
A dog owner displays very bad behaviour when it comes to their pet pooch's insurance policy and a fraudster tries to cash in on his holiday insurance with forged document.
Secret filming is the undoing of one man's claim for more than £300,000, when it reveals that he can do everything he claims he can't and there's `paws for thought' as a pet owner refuses to believe her furry friend isn't covered by a pet insurance policy. A cheeky claimant involved a minor shunt unsuccessfully tries to cash in with a big claim, a mobile phone scammer puts on a convincing performance, and a bus passenger spots an opportunity to line his pockets after a mishap between a bus and a wheelie bin. Presented by Naga Munchetty.
A prolific fraudster comes a cropper after targeting Royal Mail delivery vans, and a careless claimant is caught out when investigators discover his story is full of holes.
CCTV exposes a chip shop worker's self-inflicted personal injury, a jewellery scam is exposed, and a motorist claiming against a bus company ends up regretting his road rage.
Insurers turn to undercover filming to get to the bottom of a suspicious personal injury claim, a scam to cash in on a mobile phone lost in a toilet goes down the pan and social media is the undoing of an opportunist as he boxes himself into a corner. An audacious claim for compensation ends up costing one man a lot more than he bargained for when CCTV shows what really happened, and in the USA a missing person investigation turns out to be an elaborate fake death scam to cash in on a life insurance policy.
A serial fraudster with expensive tastes ends up behind bars after getting caught out by insurers. A claim following a dramatic burglary arouses suspicions.
An instance when insurers found themselves dealing with phantom passengers in a two-car shunt. It transpired that opportunists were attempting to make personal injury claims for people that weren't even in the car. Presented by Naga Munchetty.
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