Scam Filmes

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of...

A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in...

Grandchild fraudsters scare their victims on the phone with so-called "shock calls". The losses run into millions. Month after month. Many victims...

In the bitter winter of 1978, four desperate council members from a small Virginia town hatched a daring Bigfoot hoax to save it from the brink of...

Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance...

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales...

After a botched scam, a seasoned con-man faces a moral crossroads: abandon his 10-year-old daughter or risk her following in his footsteps.

School teacher Tien falls in love with Oppa, a man she met online. One day, she hears Oppa talking on the phone about his seriously ill mother and...

Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many...

Wincapita documentary film gives a silenced perspective on Finland's alleged biggest financial crime and pyramid scheme.

A marketing scam video from 1990. Take a glimpse at some retro financial chicanery.

Monopoly is the most famous board game in the world. It brought capitalism to the game board and made haggling over roads and train stations socially...

A polka kingdom crumbles in this documentary tracing the rise and fall of dubious duple meter master Jan Lewan. A Grammy-nominated polka superstar...

A young girl is contacted by a photographer through social networks, who offers her the possibility of some free photographs that she needs to boost...

In 2008, an overview of Scientology was presented in a DVD format, featuring L. Ron Hubbard himself describing the core tenets of the religion. The...

Petr and Richard are among those for whom fixed working hours are a nightmare. They want to be masters of their own time and not be subordinate to...

It's 2020. Covid Britain is in lockdown and the world is working from home. In the depths of the deadly pandemic and when people are at their lowest,...

An investigation into the tricks of holiday scammers, talking to victims and experts, and advice on how to fight back.