David Troughton (Tony Archer)

Scam secrets with me, Shari Vahl.

He had actually paid £209,000 to the scammers.

Each week, we expose a different scam in detail to help you spot the red flags.

I'll say things like, I carried on with it and I got great returns.

With special insights from experts, including criminologists and a former scammer who now works to help prevent fraud.

When it's successful, it completely wipes people out.

Scam Secrets from BBC Radio 4.