‘I posed as a single mum on Reddit and uncovered a sickening new trend’

An investigation uncovers how vulnerable women are being disturbingly exploited online (Picture: Channel 4/Firecrest Films)

There’s a chilling new trend lurking in gloomy corners of Reddit which has largely gone unnoticed but is putting thousands of vulnerable women under the control of sexual predators.

Reddit loans are becoming increasingly popular for anyone in need of a quick injection of cash – be it £40 to fill up the car, feed the kids or pay an overdue bill – but either can’t get help from any reputable source or have a poor credit score. 

Unable to pay the £40 back within days, thousands of women in Britain alone are being bullied into paying off their debt with sexual favours to illegal lenders or loan sharks who charge extortionate interest rates and threaten to make their lives hell....