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Emmerdale\u2019s never been afraid to tackle big issues that impact millions. Now it\u2019s taking on the dark side of AI, as Dales favourite Kerry Wyatt<\/a> finds herself embroiled in an online scam. Actor Laura Norton<\/a> spills the tea.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s scary, isn\u2019t it?\u2019 Laura asks, sharing her own experience with online scams in a recent chat with Metro. \u2018There\u2019s things sometimes that I look at on the internet and I can\u2019t tell. I\u2019m literally asking people \u2018\u2019is that real?\u2019 It\u2019s so clever.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018My dad was going on about getting scammed the other day. There\u2019s this thing where someone will get a text and it will say \u2018hi dad, texting you on someone else\u2019s number because my phone\u2019s broke\u2019. Because it says Dad, they automatically assume that it\u2019s you and respond asking you what you need help with. For my parents watching, it\u2019s the little things to be aware of really wary of this so you can say \u2018I saw this on telly. Actually I\u2019m going to be really wary of this.\u2019 Of course it\u2019s hugely important.\u2019<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to imagine a better character to tell an online scamming story with than Kerry. Although she\u2019s got a heart of gold and would do anything for her nearest and dearest, chaos follows her like a Sugden\u2019s farm sheep and she\u2019s not above the odd petty scheme \u2013 especially if someone\u2019s got it coming.<\/p>\n This makes her the perfect partner for Eric Pollard<\/a>\u00a0(Chris Chittell<\/a>), her mentor and husband. Although it was a marriage for tax purposes to ensure his grandson Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant<\/a>) was protected from care home fees after his death, Pollard has taken a genuine liking to Kerry. <\/p>\n \t\t Even though there\u2019s no romantic feelings there, he was jealous she started seeing her boss<\/a>\u00a0Jai Sharma<\/a>\u00a0(Chris Bisson<\/a>), and reluctantly gave his blessing. Thus began the weirdest love triangle in the Dales.<\/p>\n \t\t The scam story kicks off in upcoming scenes of Emmerdale, when Jai goes away, leaving Kerry\u2019s mate and colleague \u00a0Billy Fletcher<\/a>\u00a0(Jay Kontzle<\/a>)\u00a0to help Caleb Miligan<\/a> (William Ash<\/a>) drum up business. While Caleb\u2019s impressed to see Billy secure a client, Kerry feels overlooked.<\/p>\n Laura explains why her character feels so slighted by Billy\u2019s efforts being noticed over her own. \u2018When Kerry and Jai first became a thing, she was always sticking up for Billy, like she had his back, and also Caleb used Kerry a few times, he gave her a promotion, but I think that was actually just to annoy Jai. So she kind of thought that Caleb held her in a bit higher regard than he actually does. She starts to realise and she is really irritated by it.\u2019<\/p>\n But Kerry\u2019s day goes from bad to worse when she leaves to pick up Jai\u2019s son Archie Breckle (Kai Assi), only to have her work ethic questioned by Caleb.<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018It stings.\u2019 Laura admits. \u2018She would always put anything above work that\u2019s more important and is always trying to explain the reason why and he\u2019s at that stage where he\u2019s just like \u2018its not good enough\u2019. That\u2019s a little bit of old her creeping in. She has been soldiering the responsibility of looking after her boyfriend\u2019s son, at the same time.\u2019<\/p>\n Then Caleb seemingly gets a call from his daughter Steph <\/a>(Georgina Jay) asking for money. He gives Billy his bank account password and asks him to secretly transfer \u00a35,000 for a deposit on a London flat. Meanwhile, Chas Dingle<\/a>\u00a0(Lucy Pargeter<\/a>)\u00a0and Ruby discuss their children, with Ruby<\/a> (Beth Cordingly<\/a>) mentioning that, Steph, is in Thailand with her new boyfriend. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\tDon’t miss a Soaps scoop! Add us as a Preferred Source\t\t\t<\/p>\n As a loyal Metro Soaps reader, we want to make sure you never miss our articles when searching for stories. We have all the latest soaps news, spoilers, videos, and interviews, with a vibrant community of highly engaged readers.<\/p>\n Click the button below and tick\u00a0Metro.co.uk\u00a0to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search.<\/p>\n \nAdd us as a Preferred Source<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \t\t As Kerry begrudgingly heads back to work from Farrers, Archie listens to an AI copy of Steph\u2019s voice that he\u2019s made. When \u00a35000 lands in his account it becomes obvious that he was the one who scammed Caleb\u2026<\/p>\n \t\t The next day, Kerry delivers a computer Archie ordered with Caleb\u2019s money, making her suspicious. Kerry\u2019s suspicion of Archie grows and soon she catches him with an AI copy of Steph\u2019s voice. How does Kerry react?<\/p>\n \u2018She\u2019s very confused. \u2018 Laurea shares. \u2018They have a big to-do about it. She pulls him on it, and there\u2019s a bit of a to-do where she\u2019s trying to get him to explain what\u2019s going on because she\u2019s really freaked out about it. She thinks it\u2019s really weird or creepy and she can\u2019t work it out so she really slams her foot down on it to try and get him to explain to her what\u2019s going on. And obviously he doesn\u2019t immediately tell her the truth, she has to chase around and work it all out for herself.\u2019<\/p>\n Kerry heads to Caleb\u2019s office to reveal the truth. But when Caleb is dismissive and patronising, Kerry decides not to expose Archie\u2019s scam and tells a shocked Archie she wants to split the money instead.<\/p>\n Laura Norton shares light on Kerry\u2019s decision.\u2019This is where old school Kerry kicks in. She\u2019s been triggered. Instead of doing the right thing, which she fully intended to do, she charges down to go and see him and tell him what\u2019s going on. He was so rude to her and wouldn\u2019t let her speak. She does it out of spite. She knows it\u2019s wrong but she\u2019s like \u2018do you know what? If you\u2019re going to speak to me like that, you can get lost. I was going to try and help you but now you can have a taste of your own medicine\u2019.<\/p>\n \t\t Caleb is not the kind of man who takes kindly to a taste of his own medicine. Will he discover Kerry\u2019s fraud? Laura teases the consequences.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s a bit dodgy, isn\u2019t it, because God only knows where this is going to go. She\u2019s not clever enough to pull something like this off, and he\u2019s not going to take it lightly, is he?\u2019<\/p>\n While Caleb\u2019s sure to go on a rampage of revenge, there are millions of people who get scammed every day who are left with no recourse and no way of getting their money back. Laura outlines her hopes for anyone who worries they or someone they know might be a victim of a scam.<\/p>\n \u2018Ring a family member. My sister\u2019s always saying to my dad \u2018that\u2019s dodgy.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018When you\u2019ve got your wits about you. That\u2019s probably what this story will help. People will recognise little signs and see that it\u2019s a bit dodgy.\u2019<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20_03_coro_pollard_kerry_03-0e37.jpg\")
\n\t\tPollard and Laura have a warm \u2013 if unconventional \u2013 relationship (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Kerry](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/29_05_emm_kerry_jai_archie_02-05f3.jpg\")
\n\t\tJaiand Kerry enjoy a spiky romance. (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
\n\t\tKerry gets involved in the scam. (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Soaps](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780461196_935_SEI_278522320-46a3.jpg\")
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\n\t\tKerry catches Archie red-handed. (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Caleb](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/12_06_emm_caleb_02-1472.jpg\")
\n\t\tWill Caleb catch on to Kerry\u2019s con? (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
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