Almost 700,000 people are waiting to book their driving test in the UK, a record backlog which is being exploited by scammers. Our reporter Emma Kirwan found victims across the UK have already paid out more than £134,000 this year trying to book slots which don’t exist. So, she tracked down a scammer and got him on the phone.

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Guest: Emma Kirwan, reporter, Times Radio. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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