Fake Britain Series 7 - Episode 7 

fake memorabilia also shows us that all this stuff is worthless even if real, Until that "expert" told the people their stuff was fake , to them it had value, it all has no value , only what your imagination gives it,

Inherited money and she goes to spend on footballers signatures stuff 😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️

All those people who were ripped off over 'memorabilia' were perfectly happy with their purchases before Trading Standards rocked up!

At least the Sharpies weren't fake. Were they?

fake signatures or not, the items are worthless either way. Illusionary value, ridiculous

He was owed £11,000 (7:19) and it caused a serious cash flow problems... but then he had another £8.500 to pay to the face recovery company. *Stupidity is expensive!*

Who in their right mind uses Comic Sans for a debt recovery company?! Fake or otherwise.

MF'S sold me a Mona Lisa signed by Da Vinci for £850, I felt so stupid after watching this, but it looked so real, it even had a singed photo included.

Fools and their money soon part....who in their right minds would spend 1000s on signed items without independent verification

The problem with a lot of these tv-advertised kitchen appliances is that it's possible that the same Chinese factories might produce two versions of the product...a "good" one to be sold by the trademark holder and a less-able unit to be sold in cheapy stores. The plastic mouldings and parts are a bit of a give-away. At a very reputable department store here in Australia I was shopping for a new Microwave oven. I settled on a 900w convection unit with a known brand over here. Then I spied, on the other side of the aisle, a similar specification oven which only had minor cosmetic differences but looked almost identical to the pricier "brand" unit. So, on looking at the casing, the glass platter and the touch controls it was evident the two units had come from the same supplier only the department store generic brand unit was almost $40 cheaper. Upon enquiring with the department store head office I was told I was correct...both units came from the same supplier. So it's not always true that you are being tricked when buying something similar.

Lol, I love how they started a whole police squardron after a police officer got scammed... Not after a member of public... SMH

some people have more money then sense .

Wait John used close to 9,000 pounds to recover 11,000 pounds?.... what sort of mathem....forget it

HMRC ain't getting their cut that's why they seem to be so upset

Verrrrry disappointing for those collectors. Clean the signatures off and sell the guitars or form a band called The imposters. Just trying to help.

So this guy hired a bill collector based on a junk fax he received? Did he send money to a Nigerian price too?

I don't get it How can a business man fall for this. He should have gone to the bank to verify. Foolishness.

Some good news! Faked clothing is often donated to charity after all branding labeling is removed. Brand new, often fashionable clothes are rare for the homeless and needy.

John should have got a County Court Judgement against the clients, then applied to the High Court for recovery.

I just don't get it he paid over 7G to get 11G how stupid is that

I keep getting counterfeit money..................every time I use the ATM. Like EVERY SINGLE TIME, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I go to the bank to withdraw money. They give me counterfeit money, backed by nothing. You guys should do a show about that.

OMG.... The Nutribullet is a bloody con anyway, it's just a glorified food processor. Just buy yourself a normal blender, much cheaper and does the exact same thing as the Nutribullet.

Pamphlet is in Comic Sans font and he's surprised it turned out to be a scam?

Lawyers do the same daily to PEOPLE who are desperate for JUSTICE....I was save by a friend from a Law firm by advising me not to use good money to chase Bad money...I too had already paid the Firm 7.5k chasing 65k

Anyone notice how low the fines and prison terms are? No wonder they do it. It is hardly a setback for someone without much education or future job prospects.

"My parents left me some money when they died and I thought what better way to use it than buying football memorabilia".... Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiz!

I nearly bought a channel handbag from eBay…..I wanted to see it first and we agreed to meet at the science museum in London…well it was clearly plastic and smelled like plastic …and the young Indian woman’s story was that a girlfriend had gifted it to her and she had no use for it…I had arranged to meet my son at the same venue and over lunch I was showing off that I had spotted the fake bag and saved the money…yes very clever he said…except that the young woman and her boyfriend knew that you had brought £500 in cash hoping it was kosher….and they might have mugged you…didn’t even cross my mind….I was pleased that he was with me…

My parents left me some money - so I thought I would buy as much as I can!!!! Poor dumbo :/

150 quid for a frame?! He saw him/her coming.

If any boxing fan believed Ali used an everlast glove that new, you deserve to be ripped off

This should also be a warning of why you shouldn't marry your cousin.

Why do all the company owners always say "the fakes are much lighter than the genuine ones". Thanks buddy for that info, you'll need both to know that though wouldn't you!!!!!

Robbie Williams in his book, said he went on ebay, and every signature was fake.

You can't genuinely get that many signatures. Including Pele and Maradona? No chance. These guys have got themselves to blame.

18:04 Just because an item has Safety Certification marks doesn't mean it's a genuine item. The Safety Certification marks can be faked too, can't they? The only guaranteed way to buy a genuine item is to buy it directly from the manufacturer. For example, if you want a genuine Samsung, buy it from Samsung (or from its known trusted partners). If you want a genuine iPhone, buy it from Apple (or from its known trusted partners). Yes, it usually is more expensive to buy from the manufacturer, but it also comes with guarantees you won't find on the High Street.

If anyone is a collector of autographs I recommend finding the name and address of their agent and sending a letter asking for an autograph. Alternatively, if you like a band, write a letter to where they are playing. You would be surprised how often you will get a reply. Certain Rolling Stones members are extremely kind, David Bowie was too. I wrote Bowie a letter when he was in 'Tin Machine' to a venue they were playing and he sent me a nice note and included 2 guitar picks with 'Reeves Gabrels' embossed on them. I really like meeting people and getting their autographs. It means a lot more than buying. It may be more difficult, but that's the point. Autographs are difficult to verify. A lot comes to common sense and basic research. Sean Connery, for example, doesn't sign James Bond photos. Most musicians won't sign guitars either. I personally would NEVER buy an autograph.

Polices catch who they want to.....

Love these show! was a time when just to go myself to them ...

I find it hard to feel bad for the people buying the fake signed merch. A few centimeters of ink should have no value anyway.

When you are paying a collection company over half of what you owed you'd be better off just asking the original customer for half or realize you're a sap and being taken advantage of.

nothing screams more professional than comic sans

17:26 camera guy: we need to make this shot more interesting! Editor: I gotchu fam, I’ll just zoom in on his hand.

A fool and his money are easily parted!

The nurtribullet... ffs just buy a blender. for the price of a knock-off nutribullet you can buy a genuine high end blender. Most of these scams are just people looking to pay less... and as the saying goes "you get what you pay for"

So there is certain types of fake brands they are allowed to sell (Camden town is full of fake brands shop) 🤨

uh oh we've got a nutri bullet ahahahahahahaahahahah

The fraudsters should be made to work to pay off the money they owe.

I recently bought some fake Bose headphones for $40 the genuine ones cost $395 The ones I bought are fantastic we are being ripped off by the genuine articles NOT BY VERY NICE COPIES!!!

Trading standards brought one of the fakers to judgement? What a disgrace, they should bring all of them to justice.

The woman from the fake shoes segment who is a personal trainer/fitness instructor and teaches barefoot running has possibly some of the worst running technique I've ever seen, jeez.

Owning a successful business and when you lose ONE kitchen and 10K you have to close ? Sorry, not really successful !

Many years ago I ordered on the net a wireless mouse for my computer but all I got was a mouseless wire..

As a professor snatcher I'm discussed that people are selling fake running shoes.

Siddique means honest or truthful. The irony

Beautiful house behind from you good luck and Fake Britain

A very successful kitchen design business, 20years trading £11,000 would not cause a major cash flow problem, more to that than meets the eye

When those people convicted of scamming people out of money can't pay it back, a sentenced should be based on a multiple year per their yearly salary. If they scam a couple hundred thousand and only get 5 years or so then it's just like they worked 5 years for a substantial amount of money. It really doesn't deter them from doing it. If its money they'd never make otherwise people are going to always do it

8:12, I wouldn't ever trust a household name 'Barclay', with an "ARE YOU OWED MONEY?" in comic sans.

I bought what I believed to be a genuine designer bag years ago. After much research I realised I'd bought a fake; yep, I'm an idiot. I sold it on with the clear proviso of how it'd been sold to me and that although it looked good, I couldn't verify its authenticity. I hope all of the poor buggers scammed on here have done the same; and maybe recouped a few quid. A lot of folk are happy to display/use something that 'might' be genuine. There are no winners here, other than the original scammers who get suspended sentences and tiny fines that don't equate to their scams. Fines they can negotiate to pay in pennies per week and can happily default on these too. 😕

Their eyes are very evident to show they had diverted and difference of interest 😂😂😂

Hey, I'll take them sharpies!! Lol. Got some things to sign

I redlined my car from cold for 25 minutes...and it blew up!! I think it’s a fake engine..

We had a shop with signed things. There was two different photos with Mike Tyson signature. Both signatures was very different: one signed by right hand and another by left hand - that was my comment (((:

Thank you ❤

In Britain, if you are a crminal, you'll be a gainer anyway and if you are a victim, you'll never be fully compensated. The court fined the criminal only £2500 and the victim had no chance to recover her lose

If someone owe your money , don’t use debt collectors. Simply submit a claim through small claims court. Debt collectors break your back financially

i have original nails of jesus' crucifiction for highest bidder.

Why is this type of case or individual prosecuted for whatever the case maybe, why do anyone need a celebrity signature shirt or short or whatever? But the councils are allowed to steal your vehicle or car on the road of UK for illegitimate Fake parking fines, and the police departments are in support Who's really claiming innocent out of the named above? I can't tell. Our policies and local authorities let us down and it's okay, no court to go to defend your case again in UK ! Very sad to relate!

I swear Ali saw a fly and had to keep an eye on it, but he had to take his mug shot so he did both

The woman who collects Manchester United memorabilia said she wanted to use the money her parents left her on something that would remind her of them. So she decides to spend it on her love of football. LMAO

Is this an advert for nutribullet of what???

Sad how collections always look like rooms of hoarded garbage legit or otherwise.

I just found my second UK bing watching show lol.

32:30 wow, that expert is so brutal. The poor guy.

because david gilmour would sign an Encore strat

The system could never be fair if this was just some little street gang commiting these crimes they would spend the entire sentence in prison. He is a criminal and a thief he shouldn't be getting away with it.

What is the prison sentence for illegally making a £1000000? If a mother can be sent to prison for three months for not paying an £80 tv licence. Robbing people of a million pound which is over 10000 times £80, that has to be worth at least 2.5 thousand years in prison!

The fax was in Comic Sans 😂

I think this show inspired fake taxi

If I didn't see the thing I brought signed by the actual person, I'm not remotely interested in it.

Wow back then there was just Ultra Boosts sitting on shelves

why on earth would some one buy signature shirts etc without any knowledge madness

i have a tip...there is a huge furniture shop that sells fake furniture.

They had no warrant and illegally entered his home without his permission.

This is why if I'm going to get something signed, I physically go and get it signed at conventions and stuff. I know it's real when I see the person signing it with my own eyes. Don't see why people spend so much money for a squiggle anyway, guess it's like people who pay loads of extra money for a brand. Edit - And you know that guy who had all the fake sigs on the guitars and shit is just gonna sell them and claim they're real anyway. That's one of the issues, people buy things, find out they're fake but sell them on as real anyway just to get rid of them.

tv need some news and programe for their business....they show in this vedio sadaq and his sister but not show the footballer shirt signature may be he was british

In simpler, happier times, Paulie´s grandpa would have all four Beatles sign pictures, and then start copying the signatures like mad on fake pics and sell them to the fans, and we would have a great laugh about it. It´s REALLY been a hard day´s night, and it´s getting darker by the minute ......

Would Barclays use Comic Sans as their corporate identity font?

The problem with the sports memorabilia market is that there are millions of fans and only a finite amount of genuine items and an even smaller amount of from the big names that is verifiable and authenticated so demand far outstrips supply and leaves a massive opening for the criminally minded and the mass of less savvy buyers make easy targets.

Mental how ali didn’t see this coming 😂

How much d'you bet that the Nelson "memorabilia" at 33:10 is fake too?

That wally at 28+ minutes,,,,,is it Joe Pasquale??

Here is a tip for anyone who wants to buy stuff with signatures on them: Only buy worthless stuff , if you don’t have and will not have money problems in the near future.

Rook is there. :)

don't forget to order your vindaloo guys lol it's hot

it's Stacy from Barclays lol that's just a lollypop

Love this doesnt come on tv anymore

It looks more like a marketing advertisement. How many people went on to buy and try the shoes? or Nutri Bullet? Come on!!

Steve Pearson should've gotten a very lengthy jail sentence due to the scale of his operation!

i love the way they pronounce “adidas” 😂