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Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs ....
Anything im saying. I even though you just responded to me in perfect english. Did you know that this was a scam . No. And we travel to the former soviet states where it all began. Hi, simona. I know who this guy is. Lets just call him mr red. It took us over a year to peel back the layers of Shell Companies hidden offshore to identify for the first time the big fish we believe are getting rich on misery. Losing 30,000 to a bunch of scammers. I was absolutely devastated by it. Hello . Hi. This isjen. Whos this . Hi. My name is simona, and im an investigative reporter, and i think im about to be scammed. 80 of my clients here started this thing. They dont have any experience. Im pretending to be a schoolteacher called jen, and ive signed up to a number of Trading Platforms to see how this scam works. Sounds fantastic. Software like this normally costs a fortune, but can i t ....
anything i m saying. i even though you just responded to me in perfect english. - did you know that this was a scam? no. and we travel to the former soviet states where it all began. hi, simona. i know who this guy is. let s just call him mr red. it took us over a year to peel back the layers of shell companies hidden offshore to identify for the first time the big fish we believe are getting rich on misery. losing $30,000 to a bunch of scammers. i was absolutely devastated by it. hello? hi. this isjen. who s this? hi. my name is simona, and i m an investigative reporter, and i think i m about to be scammed. 80% of my clients here started this thing. they don t have any experience. i m pretending to be a schoolteacher called jen, and i ve signed up to a number of trading platforms to see how this scam works. sounds fantastic. software like this normally costs a fortune, but can i trust her? where are you calling from? but you have such an interesting accent. where are y ....
it s estimated 40% of all crime in england and wales is fraud. hello, it s the police, open up. fraud, it is a national security issue. - it s funding other organised crime. | you look back now and you think, how stupid were we? yeah. but at that moment in time, it was. ..it was quite terrifying. every year, fraudsters relieve us of an estimated £5 billion. last year in kent alone, 12,000 frauds were reported. panorama s been filming there for almost a year with the kent police fraud squad. the groups that operate tend to be from london. the whole of kent, it is targeted because it s a quickjourney for them to come and pick up the cash. we ve also got quite an aged population, again, which is who they look to target, often. so it sort ofjust goes hand in hand with the sort of population type. police are increasingly worried about something they call courierfraud. it begins with a call from a fraudster pretending to be a police officer or bank official, and ends with a ....