Scam Movies

Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.

A 1966 interview with L. Ron Hubbard about his creation, Scientology. Filmed in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), An Introduction to Scientology is...

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.

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...

How a Somerset high-flyer turned his charm and connections into tools of deception – conning his school friends and hundreds of others while...

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...

Two young technicians, Filos and Kája, come to a small village that is a bit cut off from the rest of the world in order to find the best...

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...

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...

In 2014, businessman Cédric Naudon announced that he would launch the Jeune Rue project in Paris's 3rd arrondissement: a street that would...

Dr. Stefan Burger wants to take over the management of a home for children. Together with Rena he gets involved in a small scam.

When six families find themselves without a home after their illegal building is razed down by municipal authorities, they decide to take revenge...

an online gamer encounters an NPC in real life from having skipped a youtube advert

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...

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

Ferrari Thunderbird Taylor is getting ready to leave South Carolina behind forever and start a new life in the Queen City - until her deadbeat...

When a New York City actor loses everything to an internet scam based in South Africa, his two best friends take him to Cape Town to track down the...