Station:
Channel 5 (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2023-09-24
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Series which dips its toes into the deep, murky waters of the dating pool to discover bigamists, on-line scam artists, catfish and serial swindlers, who targeted innocent singletons and left them with broken hearts and empty bank balances.True stories of deception and double lives are relived by victims in painstaking detail, sharing the misery of how they were targeted and coerced into losing considerably more than their dignity.
There is no Next Episode of The Big Sex Scam planned.
S1E4 - Carol
Di Pogson tragically lost her husband shortly before their 30th wedding anniversary. Two years later Di joins an online dating site. Soon she's messaged by Kevin Thompson. There's an instant connection.
Before they can meet in person, he must travel to Shanghai for work and that's when the requests for money begin.
Initially Kevin asks for a few hundred pounds, but the costs start spiralling.
Eventually Di gives him more than £40,000. After Kevin fails to meet with Di, she goes to the police. Detectives follow the money and discover that Kevin is actually a gang of criminals, operating a sophisticated con.
Air Date: 15 Oct 2023 16:00 (CDT)
S1E5 - Di
Annemarie is a highly educated former lawyer, but when she joins Tinder, even she is shocked by what happens next.
She matches with Kris, a businessman who's buying a £1million house nearby. They plan a future together, but both run into money troubles: Kris needs £5000 to complete his house purchase, and Annemarie needs to pay her daughter's school fees.
Kris suggests she gives him a short-term loan and he will pay her daughter's school fees. But when Kris doesn't return the money, Annemarie gets suspicious. Is Kris who he says he is? And is Annemarie the only victim of his deception?
Air Date: 16 Oct 2023 17:05 (CDT)
S1E6 - Annemarie
Air Date: 17 Oct 2023 16:00 (CDT)