For Love or Money - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste are on the trail of the criminals extorting vast amounts of money from unsuspecting victims under the guise of love. Today, they're investigating a man who, after targeting a businesswoman on a dating site, proceeded to trick her over a period of months out of almost £60,000. As they unravel the evidence that allowed the fraudster to appear so plausible, there's a dramatic showdown with the man himself. Also, one man reveals what it's like to have your photos stolen and used as part of an online 'catfishing' campaign, and an extraordinary international con is exposed.
Episode 2
Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste meet a man conned out of his life savings by a woman he'd struck up a relationship with who claimed to be in the US military. Worse still, as the truth is revealed, it becomes clear he's unwittingly been dragged into a money-laundering con. Could his pursuit of love end with him facing prosecution? Plus a woman scammed a second time when she thought she was bringing the fraudsters to book, and how another victim robbed of their money is now fighting back to help others.
Episode 3
Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste are on the trail of the criminals at the heart of online romance frauds, unravelling the elaborate stories aimed at conning you out of your money. Today, there's a showdown as they track down the so-called surgeon who broke one woman's heart and made off with her savings. Plus how one man battled back after what he'd hoped was his dream woman took away both his cash and his confidence, and the ease with which social media profiles and pictures can be hijacked by criminals.
Episode 4
Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste investigate more online romance scams and reveal how to stop the criminals in their tracks. After tracking down the man behind an elaborate global con, the tables are turned in a confrontation that exposes just how far the scammers will go to get their hands on your cash. And, as victims reveal how they were conned out of thousands of pounds, one woman tells of her battle to bring the people responsible to justice.
Episode 5
Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste hunt down the culprits behind online romance fraud to hold those responsible to account. As they get to the bottom of a particularly elaborate scam, they discover ingenious ways that criminals use technology to make their demands for cash seem plausible. As one woman reveals how she was tricked into parting with £35,000, a man whose image has been used to scam a string of different women explains the impact it has had on him. Plus how a Hollywood star's identity was used to hoodwink one of his biggest fans.
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