Scam Alert: Don't Fall for It!
Season 2
20264 episodes
Episodes
E1Han scammed, Maud targeted by deepfake images, and a Vinted purchase gone wrong
9.02026-10-21 · 61m
90 year old Han is scammed into buying medication promoted via an AI deepfake of Diederik Gommers. Margriet falls victim to a hidden subscription, while Maud is targeted by sexually explicit AI-generated images circulating online. On Vinted, a buyer believes they have purchased a drone for over 2,000 euros, but the delivered package turns out not to contain a drone.
E2Mayka scammed; René loses his son’s dirt bike and his own savings
9.02026-10-28 · 57m
We see how Mayka is defrauded of more than 65,000 euros by a dishonest contractor. René attempts to sell his son’s dirt bike via the online marketplace "Marktplaats", but ends up empty handed the supposed buyer simply makes off with the bike. Meanwhile, ethical hacker Wesley comes to the aid of José, a single mother of two who lost all her savings to a sophisticated scam. This week’s scam is inheritance fraud, which involves the false claim that an inheritance payout is being made. The details were obtained from the data breach at Odido.
E3Crypto scams, holiday fraud, and Brenda’s digital world
9.02026-11-04 · 60m
Joyce books a chalet that turns out not to exist, while Jan-Willem loses 215,000 euros to a sophisticated crypto scam. Ellie and Daniël analyze online shops that use AI-generated videos to promote products, and ethical hacker Rik works to restore Brenda’s trust in the digital world.
- E4
Phishing email, Commercial websites are exploited, and hacker Lisa narrowly escapes
9.02026-11-11 · 63m
Warner and Lia share how criminals managed to manipulate them, while Nikki falls victim to a convincing phishing email. Cybersecurity specialist Chantal reveals how commercial websites cleverly take advantage of travelers looking to arrange their documents in a hurry. Even hacker Lisa only just manages to escape a sophisticated scam.