PRODUCTION: BBC EYE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
PRODUCTION COUTRY: United Kingdom
DATE: 2025
LENGTH: 170′
DIRECTED BY: Neil McCarthy, Rebecca Henschke, Simi Jolaoso

When desperate families of children with cancer are offered help by a “foreign sponsor”, they believe they have found a lifeline. Instead, their children are filmed begging for donations, while the money raised in their names never reaches them. In this six-part BBC Eye investigation, journalist Simi Jolaoso uncovers a global network of scammers working for associations registered in Israel and North America. Following the money, she exposes a scheme exploiting sick children and their families.