Name: The Big Swindle
Released: 2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Crime · Documentary

Shocking stories of brazen con artists who devastated their victims’ lives.

2022 · 43m

EPISODE 1

The Fake Cancer Scammer

Friends and well-wishers donate over £45,000 to help fund lifesaving cancer treatment for 39-year-old Nicole Elkabbas, but a photograph shared online raises suspicions that everything was fabricated.
EPISODE 2

The Fake Funeral Fraud

Dozens of families spent thousands on funeral plans from Stevenson Funeral Directors, thinking they were preparing for their future, but fell victim to a scam; funeral manager Sarah Yorke turns detective to get justice for the devastated victims.
EPISODE 3

The Wedding Planner Scammer

Couples feel devastated when their big day gets ruined by wedding planner scammer Dana Twidale; Twidale conned dozens of couples out of thousands of pounds before going on the run.
EPISODE 4

The Million Pound Swindler

Entrepreneur Wayne Johncock gets scammed out of over £180,000 by a neighbour in a fake investment scam. Brazen conman Rajesh Ghedia presented himself as a wealthy trader, but as Ghedia's lies unravel, police discover more victims than Wayne.
EPISODE 5

The Holiday Hoaxer

When Paul Stocks was thrown out of a Turkish hotel that he'd booked through bogus travel agent Lyne Barlow, he realized he fell victim to a massive holiday scam involving hundreds of victims, over a million pounds and one callous fraudster.
EPISODE 6

The Fake Love Rat

When Sue Hughes falls for her best friend's uncle Ste, it begins the start of a devastating and shocking scam; after sending over £100,000 to help with Ste's cancer treatment, Sue's life falls apart when she discovers that everything was a lie.

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Sam Ornbo

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Studio: discovery+
Released: 2022
Rated: -10

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Audio: English (United Kingdom) , French (France) , Russian (Russia) , Turkish (Türkiye)
Subtitles: English (United States) (SDH), Arabic , Bulgarian , Croatian , Czech (Czechia) , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish (Finland) , Greek , Hebrew (Israel) , Hungarian (Hungary) , Macedonian , Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian (Romania) , Serbian (Latin) , Slovak (Slovakia) , Slovenian , Swedish (Sweden)

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