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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 24/03/2026

Development on this since I wrote it last year. I got AIthor’d. Scammers scammed my book about scams by making an AI-generated version of it written by imaginary fraud expert, Dan Myshkin (sick name though guys credit where it’s due) and publishing it on Amazon. Right under mine in searches.

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

AI in the wild? This tray tissue I was given at a restaurant is full of errors and hallucinations…!

a tissue on a tray with a bunch of pictures and phrases and about food. but it seemingly contains a bunch of errors and nonsense:

“Doltclous”
“A full suamsh makes for you a happy heram”
“bood food is bood mood”

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 21/06/2025

Thanks so much Greg. The situation is not a great one!

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 19/05/2025

Loved this! Talked City for an hour with the excellent @iancheeseman.bsky.social and co

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 02/05/2025

I offered my thoughts on the fast rise of celebrity impersonation deepfakes on social media, and how to spot them, for today's FT: The rise of deepfake scams — and how not to fall for one on.ft.com/43kRBx1

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The rise of deepfake scams — and how not to fall for one

[FREE TO READ] Many social media promotions appear to be hosted by senior finance figures, but they’re fake

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 22/04/2025

#scaminterceptors is back on your screens at 14.00 on BBC1 today. The whole new series of ten episodes is already up on iPlayer - so get over there and start watching. I say this every year, but it really is our best work yet! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Scam Interceptors - Series 4: 1. Straight to Thailand!

Scammers try to transfer a man’s money directly to a Thai bank account. In desperation, the team dispatch the ground interceptors to the man’s home address.

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 21/04/2025

Will be on #bbcbreakfast very shortly talking about the new series of Scam Interceptors. It starts tomorrow on BBC1 at 14.00 - the whole series of 10 episodes drops on iPlayer at the same time!

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 16/04/2025

Three #scam calls hitting #UK today: 1) "Solar rebates program" #phishing call, trying to get you to share info about property/personal circumstances, by claiming they can get you discounted solar panels. Probably going to pass on to other scammers or use themselves in future.

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 15/04/2025

Increasingly finding that Instagram is a good place for me to do scam advice in short form videos. I am @staplenick on there if you’re keen on getting some of it

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accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social @accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Nick Stapleton (An investigative journalist, broadcaster and BAFTA-winning producer) leaves X (4.101 followers) Bluesky: @nickstapleton.tv #BlueSkyWins

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 17/03/2025

Want to set up two factor authentication so you can bomb proof your social media accounts? You’ll have to join me on Morning Live from 09.30 where I’ll be showing you how to do it! From my own laptop! On live TV! Terrifying

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 05/03/2025

Been talking about letters and leaflets on today’s #MorningLive - and how you can protect yourself against the many scams coming through your letterbox! On iPlayer later today 👌

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xChuChux911 @xchuchux911.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Yay! It's here, the new book about scammers by @nickstapleton.tv Can't wait to make a start reading it, even gonna take it with me next week to read on the plane x

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 04/02/2025

About to have a chat with BBC Radio Manchester about the increasing numbers of local bank branches being closed. I hope I can make it less scary and give people the confidence to bank online or over the phone! It's generally a bit safer than carrying around wads of cash...

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 28/01/2025

Don’t take it from me! Take it from the satisfied recipients of advanced copies! #HowToBeatScammers

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 27/01/2025

On Morning Live today we are talking about AI-generated deepfakes and how they’re being used in scams. I’ve got tips on how to spot them, as well as a round up on other messages sent in by viewers, including scammers taking advantage of Storm Eowyn…

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 20/01/2025

Back on your screens with Morning Live very shortly. Today’s item features a truly shocking phone scam I’ve recorded, with scammers impersonating the authorities to try and further defraud those who have already been successfully targeted by a scam…

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 15/01/2025

If you haven't got your pre-order in, my book How to Beat Scammers is available via Waterstones and Amazon. Release is Feb 13th. Expect a deep dive into the culture and history of fraud, a library of every scam I know about and a sytem to detect new ones! www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-...

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How to Beat Scammers by Nick Stapleton | Waterstones

Buy How to Beat Scammers by Nick Stapleton from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 13/01/2025

Got an important piece coming up on today’s Morning Live. It’s about how we talk about scams, and why it’s essential to stop the victim blaming to protect yourself and others. Join us from 09.30

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Today @moneybox.bsky.social Live is in Sheffield, at the Grange Crescent Residential Care Home for a special programme on the cost of care. We'll hear from residents, staff, experts and family members about the challenging cost of care. If you want to contact us too, email moneybox@bbc.co.uk

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 06/01/2025

When #ScamInterceptors was on tv i used to go on Twitter and see it lit up with people discussing the show. Now nothing, totally dead. Sad to lose a forum like that for talking about important issues. Guess we’ll have to make a new one!

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 05/01/2025

Scam Interceptors is back on your screens tomorrow night on BBC1 @ 20.30, with what I can only assume is a repeat of series 3 because series 4 isn’t out of the edit yet 😬

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 02/01/2025

Got to love Outlook, which will junk all the genuine messages I get forwarded from random iCloud emails after choosing to hide my own address, but will allow 46 "FREE SET OF JAPANESE KNIVES" scam surveys through its filter every day. Great work guys

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 30/12/2024

I am back on BBC Morning Live next Monday talking about the scams happening right now, with some phone calls I've recorded over the holidays. Got any you think I should now about? Let me know...

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wideloadroy.bsky.social @wideloadroy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

With their company name and confirmed when I asked where they were based the location that came up on my phone when I was called by scammer.... The lady was most grateful for the warning as this could have an adverse effect on her business if her number is being hijacked by scammers

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wideloadroy.bsky.social @wideloadroy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

@staplenick.bsky.social Hi Nick....just had an attempted scammer on the phone claiming to be from Three...but the number they piggy backed was a legitimate business (their company name was displayed on phone screen) in Pickering, Yorkshire. After I called them out, I contacted company, who answered

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

Well this is grim

weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgpt

and i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here"

the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine

with the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world

but with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNED

this kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me.

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he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood

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it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 06/12/2024

Another fascinating London story from Jim. I walk past these shops nearly every day and they're always packed. Someone somewhere is making a lot of money...

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 25/11/2024

SCAMS EPIDEMIC POD SPECIAL I meet victim of a £73k deep fake of me Psychological ways the criminals suck u in Questioning Ofcom, Police & banks over UKs pitiful regulations & why so few get arrested! podcasts.APPLE.com/gb/podcast/t... open.SPOTIFY.com/show/6tsU1yc... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 02/12/2024

#ScamInterceptors back on @bbcone.bsky.social at 14.00 with another new episode! Get on down there if you’ve not been binging it all on the iPlayer already

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 27/11/2024

Should you ever want to understand why a lot of the information #ScamInterceptors report to the relevant authorities goes, shall we say “unnoticed”, this might be a good indicator: www.phoneworld.com.pk/fia-raids-il... 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

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FIA Raids Illegal Call Center in Karachi, Police Officer Involved in Cyber Fraud - PhoneWorld

FIA Cybercrime Reporting Center recently raided an illegal call center located in Defence Phase II, Karachi.

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 25/11/2024

The BBC’s brilliant #ScamSafe Week starts in earnest today with a massive amount of related work across the organisation. I’m so glad the BBC is leading the way on this with its unique platform and reach. There’s tons on inc Morning Live, Scam Interceptors (twice today!), Radio 1 & Eastenders…

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 24/11/2024

A fun thing about having an old #hotmail account I just use for nonsense and crap is that no matter how many times I tell it that a certain type of email is junk, they still make it through the filter. How is #Outlook so bad at this?! It’s been around for 20 years!

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 24/11/2024

This is a v cool idea. A community which looks after each other! #scams

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 22/11/2024

I clearly can’t keep track of what the schedulers have planned for @BBCOne. Absolutely baffling. Apparently we aren’t on today despite every previous series having been at the same time every weekday all week when there’s new episodes out 🤷‍♂️😂

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 22/11/2024

#ScamInterceptors back on your screens at 14.00 today on BBC1 with a new episode, and honestly one of the most frustrating, intense chases we've ever had. We do so many interceptions I rarely remember individual cases. But I remember this one.

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 19/11/2024

The second episode of the new series of #ScamInterceptors is on BBC1 in ten mins! No it isn’t an episode of #bbcdoctors and we’re very sorry about that. That said 1.4m of you watched us yesterday so we can’t be that bad

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 18/11/2024

#ScamInterceptors is back on your screen right now on BBC1. Doing their utmost to make us look embarrassingly unprofessional, it was meant to be from next week and no one told us it’s now starting today… Anyway enjoy 🫣

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 16/11/2024

I did see this, as it happens I discuss it on this week’s Tech Life on BBC World Service. I like it, but I’m disappointed it isn’t on all O2 customers’ phones! Why not? Should be an option if you identify a scam call. Would waste far more scammer time. Feels a bit of a PR exercise at the mo

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 21/10/2024

If you watched Morning Live today you’ll know that my dad has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. It’s been a tough time, with lots of difficult conversations about the future. Thankfully, there’s lots of resources out there to help including Parkinson’s UK. If you need help, it’s out there

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Nick Stapleton @nickstapleton.tv · 18/10/2024

Hello everyone! I’m going to start posting here more often🥳 Had enough of the X hellscape

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