Rip Off Britain · SEASON 16

Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me

Episode 29 · 2024-11-28

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Episode overview

We reveal how fraudsters are selling counterfeit versions of a well-known weight-loss drug and the potentially devastating consequences for one woman who suffered a seizure after injecting it.

44 minutes

Season 16 episodes

1. They sold me a written-off car2024-05-20 2. Blacklisted because of my surname2024-05-21 3. Where’s my £300,000 whisky gone?2024-05-22 4. Paying £1 per mile for car insurance2024-05-23 5. My four-star holiday deal was anything but2024-05-24 6. Energy Special2024-05-27 7. Help – my home’s infested with beetles2024-05-28 8. The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance2024-05-29 9. Cut off from my landline2024-05-30 10. Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel2024-05-31 11. I became a money mule by mistake2024-06-03 12. ‘Lose a stone in a week’ – the pamphlet peddling porkies2024-06-04 13. Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for2024-06-05 14. £89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen2024-06-06 15. My holiday coach crash nightmare2024-06-07 16. No payout pet insurance2024-11-11 17. Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway2024-11-12 18. Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!2024-11-13 19. Crumbling concrete wrecked my home2024-11-14 20. Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!2024-11-15 21. Bank account switch left me broke2024-11-18 22. Floored by ground rent demand2024-11-19 23. No win, no fee cost me £27,0002024-11-20 24. Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill2024-11-21 25. Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins2024-11-22 26. The missing person ads that transform into scams2024-11-25 27. £226,000 crypto scam left me homeless2024-11-26 28. Help, someone stole my house!2024-11-27 29. Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me2024-11-28 30. Ripped passport wrecked our holiday2024-11-29 31. Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera2025-01-06 32. Social media bank staff scam cost me £16,5002025-01-07 33. Mistaken identity cost me thousands2025-01-08 34. Landed in debt… for someone else’s shopping2025-01-09 35. The hotel with no running water2025-01-10 36. Missing £400,000 put my mum’s care at risk2025-01-13 37. Ravenous rats destroyed my car2025-01-14 38. Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces2025-01-15 39. When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?2025-01-16 40. Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!2025-01-17 41. Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings2025-01-20 42. Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera2025-01-21 43. Tainted tap water left us in agony2025-01-22 44. Scammed by fake AI celebrities2025-01-23 45. Forced to take five flights to board our cruise2025-01-24