Scamfluencers
Episodes
Death Becomes Him | 92
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandre Despallieres gets to live out his lifelong fantasy of recording a pop song when he’s just 19 years old. He thinks it’s his chance to ach...
Martha Stewart: The Homemaker Hustler Part 1 | 87
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Stewart spends decades building her lifestyle empire from the ground up. Her cut-throat business savvy helps make her America’s first self-ma...
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: The God Fraud | Part 1 | 83
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker get their start in Christian broadcasting in the early 1960s and quickly become television superstars. As their fame explode...
Melissa Caddick: Trouble's Afoot | 77
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Caddick has always dreamed of doing big things. When she becomes a high-powered financial planner, she’s finally able to buy a huge house, t...
The Pop Star and the Power Broker | Part 1 | 65
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Girardi dreams of being a do-gooder lawyer like his childhood hero on the TV show “Perry Mason.” When he starts his own legal firm in the 1960...
Holy Smokes | 63
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Bunevacz is the king of faking it ‘til you make it. After running a shady Olympics ticket brokering scheme, he moves on to his most lucrative ...
Dr. Oz: Supplement Spin Doctor | 60
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the mid-90s, Dr. Mehmet Oz is a rock star surgeon with a reputation for performing on high-profile clients. He eventually scores his own television...
So Many Strings Attached | Part I | 49
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1980s, Lou Pearlman is riding high… literally. He rakes in millions of dollars from his blimp company — thanks to an insurance scam —...
Long Island Liars | 45
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Kurland starts out as a real estate lawyer on Long Island, but everything changes when he gets the opportunity to represent a major lottery winn...
The Memory Maker | Part I | 41
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After surviving a difficult childhood, Teal Swan starts a family and reinvents herself as a spiritual leader for the Internet age. She gains a huge fo...
Three Weddings and a Funeral | Part I | 38
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1970s, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter leaves his small Bavarian village in pursuit of the American dream. He enrolls in high school in Conn...
The Bitcoin Bamboozle | 34
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When a major cryptocurrency exchange gets hacked in the summer of 2016, billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin go missing. The stolen crypto sits unspen...
The Shady Bunch | Part I | 31
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Todd and Julie Chrisley paint the picture of a lavish Southern lifestyle on their over-the-top reality TV show Chrisley Knows Best. They show off thei...
There’s Something About Martin | Part I | 29
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With his uncanny gift for shorting stocks and predicting the market, Martin Shkreli becomes a finance wunderkind almost right out of college. He exper...
Superstar Sports Scammer | Part I | 23
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When superstar NFL quarterback Tom Brady gets badly injured on the field, he turns to his secret weapon, an unlicensed “body coach” named Alex Gue...
Serial Killer Grifter | Part I | 21
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1970s, a French horror fan named Stéphane Bourgoin becomes obsessed with serial killers. He manages a used bookstore specializing i...
Gossip Girls | Part I | 19
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016, a mysterious apology video surfaces online. In it, two jet-setting sisters from Canada, Kiran and Jyoti Matharoo, claim they’re the masterm...
The Billionaire Gucci Master | Part One | 14
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Instagram, Hushpuppi flaunts an extravagant international lifestyle. He wears head-to-toe Fendi and poses next to Bentleys and private jets. His mi...
The Yoga Hustler | The Notorious G.U.R.U | Part One | 12
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since childhood, Katie Griggs has been searching for her purpose in life. When she discovers kundalini yoga, she becomes convinced she’s finall...
Fake Saudi Prince | Catch Me If You Scam | Part One | 9
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prince Khalid bin al-Saud is an international playboy from an ultra-wealthy Saudi family. He's posted hundreds of photos on Instagram showing off his ...
Brazil's Supermom | Mommy Dearest | Part One | 7
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beloved gospel singer and congresswoman, Flordelis dos Santos de Souza was revered in Brazil as the “Mother of the Nation” for adopting 55 childre...
The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | The Talented Mr. Avery | Part One | 3
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Horwitz owns a sandwich and smoothie shop in Chicago, but dreams of moving to Hollywood to make it as an actor. Luckily, Zach knows a thing or tw...
Ballet's Lethal Start-Up | Black Swan, Inc. | Part One | 1
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a former ballerina and a shady businessman try to revolutionize the world of dance? Welcome to the Fyre Fest of the ballet world. In...
Introducing: Scamfluencers
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You never really know someone…especially online. In today’s world, the power of influence can be the quickest path to money and fame, and it often...