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Back up to: Rip Off Britain
40/40 The team asks whether a licensing scheme for all builders could stop the cowboys.
39/40 The team meets couples who learned their excursion wasn’t covered when it was too late.
38/40 Going green, going wrong – a council-backed energy scheme that left homeowners burned.
37/40 The team meets the homeowners unable to afford the monthly bills to process their sewage.
36/40 The team meets a man who found a hidden clocking device behind the dashboard of his car.
35/40 How fraudsters are cashing in on the huge demand for concert tickets by hacking s.
34/40 Holiday horrors at the check-in desk when a family of ten are split up.
33/40 How one man’s bid to become a property developer lost him thousands of pounds.
32/40 The police officer who brought one dangerous rogue operator to book.
31/40 The team hears from the couple facing more than £100,000 in repair bills to fix their home
30/40 How one woman’s battle with her insurer left her in tears struggling to care for her son.
29/40 The Canary Islands holiday con that cost Brits thousands.
28/40 The removals firm that caused hundreds of pounds of damage.
27/40 How a burst pipe and rejected insurance claim left one woman with an £86,000 repair bill.
26/40 How scammers were able to control one woman’s phone to to her bank s.
25/40 The holiday makers scammed by a fake travel firm.
24/40 The 11-year-old that booked a £4,000 holiday by accident.
23/40 The customer service meltdown that’s caused chaos for thousands.
22/40 The black market in driving tests and counterfeit goods leaving customers short-changed.
21/40 The crypto con which saw one man lose £130,000 to a scammer.
20/40 The young couple left out-of-pocket by an all-inclusive holiday.
19/40 The family pushed to its limits by floods that have ravaged their home six times.
18/40 The ancy firm that’s left hundreds of people being chased to repay tax rebates.
17/40 A look behind the scenes at a day in the life of a bank’s fraud help centre.
16/40 The woman who has tried to get her energy company to explain why she owes over £5,000.
15/40 The team explore the online reviews that may not be all they appear to be.
14/40 The team investigate contracts for services that do not deliver what they promise.
13/40 What happens when things go wrong when dealing with multiple-service companies?
12/40 We go on the trail of QR codes that led people to spend more than they bargained for.
11/40 We investigate an airport meet-and-greet company that ran up thousands of pounds of fines.
