Phone scammers steal large sums of money by cold calling people, impersonating police officers and persuading unwitting victims to hand over everything they have.
Sometimes, this sometimes leads to tragic consequences — including suicide.
The perpetrators work out of overseas call centers, making their millions through professional telephone fraud.
When scammers call a pensioner at 12 noon on a Monday, Detective Chief Inspector Desiree Schelshorn is monitoring the situation. What the criminals don't know is that the pensioner realizes they're being scammed and has informed the police — setting a trap. Just a few kilometers away, the inspector is preparing to make arrests.
We accompany the detective as she tries to track down the masterminds of these phone scams, often based in Eastern Europe. Original audio recordings reveal how they operate. We also meet some of their victims.
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