My Online Nightmare
Accounts of some of the most extraordinary tales of scammers and fraudsters who have used the internet to find their victims and to lure and con them, with terrifying and sometimes deadly results.
Cast: Rafe Spall
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Season 1
5 episodes
- 1. Episode 1In Alabama, troubled teen Marissa repeatedly talks to strangers online despite her aunt Patra's disapproval. Patra poses as a man online to chat to her, only for her niece to ask 'him' to help kill her aunt.15CCApr 12, 2017
- 2. Episode 2Liz, a doctor from Newcastle was left without any money following an elaborate scam. William Allen Jordan tricked women looking for love in the US and UK.15CCApr 19, 2017
- 3. Episode 3Kurt and his new girlfriend were contacted repeatedly on Facebook with abusive messages by a mysterious woman called Suzie. One evening Kurt was violently stabbed by two masked men and narrowly escaped with his life. The attackers were hired by Luigi Dalli, after he had plotted a contract killing on Kurt, for starting a relationship with his ex. They had agreed to kill Kurt for £500 each. Meanwhile, CBS news anchor Erika von Tiehl was terrified when she received abusive anonymous texts. The cyberstalking escalated to identity theft and murder threats. Eventually police arrested serial stalker John Hart, who Erica had dated and who became obsessed with her after she dumped him.15CCApr 26, 2017
- 4. Episode 4The extraordinary stories of women targeted online and defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of pounds, including single mum Annie, who was conned out of her £80,000 inheritance. Elsewhere, Joe and Keith Barnett were cruelly cheated out of thousands of pounds when a potential surrogate mother turned out to be a fraud, and university professor Judith was fooled into handing over £140,000 to a fictitious man she met online.15CCMay 3, 2017
- 5. Online FraudNo synopsis available yet.15CCMay 3, 2017
My Online Nightmare
★ 7.0/1020171 season5 episodesEnded
Accounts of some of the most extraordinary tales of scammers and fraudsters who have used the internet to find their victims and to lure and con them, with terrifying and sometimes deadly results.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Christian Watt, Ali Naushahi, Owen Gower
- Cast
- Rafe Spall
