Overview
- Holden says police alerted her after relatives reported a vulnerable man was being pressured to sell his home to live with her, and the sale was stopped in time.
- In a previewed phone confrontation, she posed as a bank worker before revealing her identity to the fraudster.
- The scammer cited a demand of £3,000 immediately and £10,000 in total during the exchange captured by the programme.
- Producers showed Holden a deepfake video of her with an American accent, illustrating AI’s role in the impersonation.
- The BBC’s Celebrity Scam Interceptors airs Monday at 2pm on BBC One and iPlayer, with the team pledging to monitor scammers in real time using their own remote‑access methods, as Holden urges people not to share bank details or engage with unknown callers.