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My Online Nightmare

TV·2017–2017·1 season, 5 episodes·Channel 4·Documentary·1h

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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.

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  1. 01Episode 1S01E01 · 6.0In 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.
  2. 02Episode 2S01E02 · 6.0Liz, 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.
  3. 03Episode 3S01E03 · 6.0Kurt 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.

Cast

Rafe SpallRafe SpallNarrator (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode5Episodes2017Aired 6.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1April 12, 2017 6.0In Alabama, troubled teen Marissa repeatedly talks to strangers online despite her aunt Patra's disapproval. Patra poses as a man online to
  2. S01E02Episode 2April 19, 2017 6.0Liz, a doctor from Newcastle was left without any money following an elaborate scam. William Allen Jordan tricked women looking for love in
  3. S01E03Episode 3April 26, 2017 6.0Kurt and his new girlfriend were contacted repeatedly on Facebook with abusive messages by a mysterious woman called Suzie. One evening Kurt
  4. S01E04Episode 4May 3, 2017 6.0The extraordinary stories of women targeted online and defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of pounds, including single mum Annie, who was
  5. S01E05Online FraudMay 3, 2017—

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