Having posted his life on social media, James Blakes’ identity is stolen and used in scams. In a fight to get his identity back, he uncovers a world of organised crime
We’ve never lived so much of our lives online, or so publicly… sharing what we love, where we go, and what we do with anyone who wants to take a look.
But what do you do if you’re busy living your best life on the gram and someone steals your face, your name and even your puppy pics…starts using them to scam…and everyone thinks it’s you?
James Blake – a 30-year-old entrepreneur from Lisburn – was living the insta-dream until someone scraped his accounts, and he started getting messages from people accusing him of conning them out of tens of thousands of pounds.
As he sets out to try and get his face and name back, James discovers a dark and utterly heartless modern day crime wave where ruthless organised gangs are using the very latest technology to prey on our age-old desire for love, companionship and success, all to scam blameless victims out of money.
James’ attempt to find out more and get his online identity back takes him on an international journey and he discovers that shockingly it’s not only those being conned who are the victims here – many of those carrying out the con are suffering too – at the hands of gangs behind this modern-day crime.
Source
BBC One
