Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me

Rip Off Britain Season 16 Episode 29

Overview:
We reveal how fraudsters are selling counterfeit versions of a well-known weight-loss drug and the potentially devastating consequences for one woman who suffered a seizure after injecting it.

Genre : Crime, News

Actors : Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford

Release Date : 2024-11-28

Duration : 44 menit

Rating : ⭐ 0/10 (0 votes)

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1. They sold me a written-off car
Blacklisted because of my surname
2. Blacklisted because of my surname
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3. Where’s my £300,000 whisky gone?
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4. Paying ÂŁ1 per mile for car insurance
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5. My four-star holiday deal was anything but
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6. Energy Special
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7. Help – my home’s infested with beetles
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8. The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance
Cut off from my landline
9. Cut off from my landline
Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel
10. Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel
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11. I became a money mule by mistake
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12. ‘Lose a stone in a week’ – the pamphlet peddling porkies
Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for
13. Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for
£89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen
14. £89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen
My holiday coach crash nightmare
15. My holiday coach crash nightmare
No payout pet insurance
16. No payout pet insurance
Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
17. Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
Help, my ÂŁ45,000 pension is missing!
18. Help, my ÂŁ45,000 pension is missing!
Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
19. Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
20. Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
Bank account switch left me broke
21. Bank account switch left me broke
Floored by ground rent demand
22. Floored by ground rent demand
No win, no fee cost me ÂŁ27,000
23. No win, no fee cost me ÂŁ27,000
Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
24. Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
25. Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
The missing person ads that transform into scams
26. The missing person ads that transform into scams
ÂŁ226,000 crypto scam left me homeless
27. ÂŁ226,000 crypto scam left me homeless
Help, someone stole my house!
28. Help, someone stole my house!
Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me
29. Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me
Ripped passport wrecked our holiday
30. Ripped passport wrecked our holiday
Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera
31. Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera
Social media bank staff scam cost me ÂŁ16,500
32. Social media bank staff scam cost me ÂŁ16,500
Mistaken identity cost me thousands
33. Mistaken identity cost me thousands
Landed in debt
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34. Landed in debt
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35. The hotel with no running water
Missing £400,000 put my mum’s care at risk
36. Missing £400,000 put my mum’s care at risk
Ravenous rats destroyed my car
37. Ravenous rats destroyed my car
Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces
38. Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces
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39. When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?
Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!
40. Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!
Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings
41. Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings
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42. Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera
Tainted tap water left us in agony
43. Tainted tap water left us in agony
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44. Scammed by fake AI celebrities
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45. Forced to take five flights to board our cruise

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