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Fake Friend: The Ticket Scammer is a riveting BBC documentary – part of Scam Safe Week 2025 – that exposes the chilling deceit of a Somerset conman who used his charisma to exploit friends and strangers alike.
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Fake Friend: The Ticket Scammer premieres on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer on 24 November 2025.
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Fake Friend: The Ticket Scammer – Full episode guide:
▶︎ Episode 1 (Airs 24 Nov, BBC Three & iPlayer)
"An investigation into how 28-year-old Miles Hart from Somerset used his charm and connections to stage a series of ticket scams worth over a million pounds.
Raised in Glastonbury and educated at the elite Millfield School, he built himself a reputation as a well-connected insider. He whisked friends to Paris on a glamorous private jet, dropped thousands on VIP tables and splurged on designer clothes. But as the champagne flowed, rumours began to spread; how was he paying for it all - was it all one big scam?
For Elle, a 27-year-old former school friend, things started to unravel after the 2022 Glastonbury Festival, when tickets he had promised to other friends never arrived - and months later, he still hadn’t refunded those who had paid for them. Soon, the accusations mounted as huge loans were left unpaid and friendships in tatters.
Elle is not the only one looking for answers; his godmother, Annamaria, once a close family friend, says she’s worried for the young man she once doted on. She made a shocking discovery when Miles moved out of the family home - a box full of evidence that points to his scamming becoming ever more elaborate.
We follow those who once trusted him as they try to piece together what was real and what was an act. We hear from some of the angry people who spent hundreds on festival tickets, only to face disappointment - many of them are still chasing their money over a year later.
The film also reveals how Miles’s scams have left some people living in fear, from the ticket promoter forced into hiding to the house owner facing intimidation, while others still owed money try to hunt him down. With Miles’s own safety at risk, those caught up in his lies are left asking whether his actions - or his conscience - will ever catch up with him.
Through first-hand testimony, unseen messages, secret recordings and voice notes, this film reveals how a culture of influence and aspiration enabled one man’s deception to thrive, and what happens when that illusion shatters."
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