Jean Slater’s life is about to take a heartbreaking turn, and it’s all because of a shocking scam that will have her lose everything in time for EastEnders’ Christmas. Poor Jean has been through a lot recently, but things are about to get worse as she tries to cope with a ruthless con. Soap boss, Chris Clenshaw also shed light on this storyline recently, let’s dive in to find out what he had to say!
Jean Is In A Bad Financial State!
EastEnders Spoilers reveal that our simple and loved Jean Slater is on the brink of financial disaster. The beloved character recently received a letter informing her about some pension money that she’d been unaware of. Jean will obviously be shocked to know that she had £12k in her pension fund, and there could be more than that, too. After learning about the windfall, she was on cloud nine and was mulling over how to keep it safe.
In a bid to make more money out of it, she took help from a so-called financial advisor to let her help her invest the money in something better. She naively trusted the company with all her money and started planning to buy a retirement home in Greece, but her heart broke this week when Kathy told her she might’ve been a victim of a financial scam. Soon, she rushed home and tried to get in touch with her advisor and got a big shock.
Her worst fears came true. The phone numbers were no longer available, and the investment company’s website also disappeared. For obvious reasons, Jean was shocked to learn that her advisors were criminals who stole the money from her. Viewers saw her breaking down in front of her daughter as she told her that Harvey could not know about this since he had warned her about it.
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This storyline took place to generate awareness of BBC’s Scam Safe Week, which began on November 23 and featured special programming across all platforms. Soap boss Chris Clenshaw also opened up about this narrative and said, “Jean’s story will highlight the extreme strategies scammers use to gain a victim’s trust to convince them into parting with serious sums of money.”
Along with Jean losing her money, we will also see her dealing with difficult emotions. The BBC soap worked with independent scam experts to show the storyline properly. This narrative will definitely help several people from the emotional and psychological stress they might go through if something like this ever happens. Until then stay tuned to Soap Opera Daily for more such EastEnders updates!
