New York, 1978. Svindleren Irving Rosenfeld får en ny makker og elskerinde i stripperen Sydney Prosser. Irving nægter dog at lade sig skille fra den ustabile Rosalyn. Da FBI-agent Richie DiMaso pågriber Irving og Sydney i en fidus, tilbyder han at lade dem gå fri, hvis de hjælper med at fange andre svindlere - bl.a. en korrupt borgmester i New Jersey. Samtidig er der noget i luften mellem Richie og Sydney.
Gyserfilmen vil udspille sig mellem den første 'Saw' og 'Saw II', hvor John Kramer aka Jigsaw stadig er i live. I et desperat forsøg på at kurere sin uhelbredelige kræft rejser Kramer til Mexico, hvor et firma har lovet en mirakelløsning. Men da Kramer finder ud af, at det hele er en fidus for at lokke penge ud af uskyldige, dødeligt syge mennesker, planlægger han et grusomt spil for at få en blodig hævn.
Miami 1994. Danny Lugo, ejeren af bodybuildertemplet Sun Gym, får den fikse idé at kidnappe en af sine rigeste kunder. Som medhjælpere hverver han fitnesstræneren Adrian og den rehabiliterede eks-fange Paul. Trekløveret har det til fælles, at de har langt større muskler end hjerne, og deres forbryderiske plan går da også galt på alle tænkelige måder.
Manuskriptforfatteren Marty er sådan set helt fin. Det er mere hans venner, der er problemet. I hvert fald er deres fidus med at kidnappe kæledyr for løsepenge ikke helt gennemtænkt. For hvad nu hvis man en dag kommer til at stjæle den lokale gangsterkonges elskede lille tæppetisser? Og får hele Los Angeles' underverden på nakken? Det kunne blive et knaldgodt filmmanuskript - hvis altså Marty overlever længe nok til at skrive det!
Vi er tilbage i Baltimore i 1963, da der fandtes 'tin men' - blikpladesælgere. To af slagsen, begge lidt flossede i kanten, støder sammen i et mindre biluheld, som pga. deres voldsomme temperamenter udvikler sig til en sand vendetta mod hinandens stolthed - deres Cadillacer. Som en del af hævnen beslutter Tilley sig til at forføre Babowskys forsømte kone, og resultaterne af dette fremkalder både tårer og latter.
Broadwayproduceren Max Bialystock har en plan. Sammen med revisoren Leo Bloom vil han sætte et stort stykke op, som forskellige investorer skal skyde en masse penge i. Ved at hyre en masse dårlige skuespillere håber Max at stykket går fallit, og at han så kan stoppe alle investorernes pengene i egen lomme. De to beslutter sig for musicalen 'Springtime for Hitler and Germany', der burde være en sikker fiasko.
Frank Bannister har alle tiders fidus. I kraft af sine overnaturlige evner, får han en gruppe sølle spøgelser til at spøge udvalgte huse, til skræk og rædsel for beboerne. Bagefter rykker han selv ud og klare problemerne for et beskedent vederlag. Men så en dag bliver byen hjemsøgt af virkelige gespenster med alt andet en reelle hensigter.
Da 93-årige Thelma Post bliver narret af en telefonsvindler, der udgiver sig for at være hendes barnebarn, begiver hun sig ud på en forræderisk rejse tværs gennem byen for at genvinde det, der blev taget fra hende.
Joe Hunt (Ansel Elgort) og Dean Karny (Taron Egerton) er to venner I tyverne, og de er meget interesserede i investeringer. Gennem et udspekuleret bedrageri bliver de hurtigt velhavende, men lige så hurtigt mister de pengene igen til den mere rutinerede bedrager Ron Levin (Kevin Spacey). Det, som tidligere var en hovedløs leg, udvikler sig til et spil med livet som indsats!
Den kede og frustrerede forstadshusmand Connie og hendes bedste ven JoJo, en vlogger med drømme, forvandler en hobby til en forfalsket kuponkaper til mange millioner dollars. Efter at have affyret et brev til konglomeratet bag en kasse med korn, der er blevet forældet, og modtaget en undskyldning sammen med snesevis af freebies, udklækker duoen en ulovlig kuponklubordning, der snyder millioner fra mega-selskaber og leverer tilbud til legioner af andre kuponklippere . På vej mod total kupondominans slår en ulykkelig tabsforebyggende betjent fra den lokale supermarkedskæde sig sammen med en beslutsom amerikansk postinspektør i jagten på disse nyslåede "Queenpins" af pink collar-kriminalitet.
Det skabte overskrifter i hele verden, da finansmanden Bernie Madoff i 2008 blev anholdt for at stå bag det største finansielle bedrageri i amerikansk historie. Filmen skildrer Madoffs bedrag, og hvordan Madoffs familie kom i mediernes nådesløse søgelys.
Det skulle have været en pærenem fange-overførsel for de to flådesoldater. Men der var ingen, der havde fortalt dem, at det var en kvinde, der var fangen. Det er jo egentlig også bedøvende ligegyldigt, for hvad skal hun stille op imod to ladebrede, kampseje MP-sergenter? De skulle jo være klar i tilfælde af kriser i størrelsesorden "3. Verdenskrig". Der tog de helt fejl!
En samling forfattere, filosoffer og videnskabsmænd deler Hemmeligheden, som angiveligt bragte succes til Platon, da Vinci, Einstein og andre store personer.
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
The story of a world-famous televangelist family with a history of deviance, greed and, yes, charitable work, all in the name of Jesus.
Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.
The adventures of Iyami, a con artist who's always looking for a quick buck, and Chibita, his short-statured kid partner-in-crime, as they make trouble for their town and constantly cause friction with the Matsuno sextuplets, a clan of rowdy identical 10-year-old brothers led by the eldest, Osomatsu.
Nao Kanzaki is a college student who is known for her honesty and naivete. One day, she receives a black postcard indicating that she has been selected to participate in the "Liar Game Tournament". Along with the postcard is a box with 100 million yen. The goal of the first round of the game is to trick the other player out of their hundred million yen. At the end, the winner would get to keep the hundred million earned, and the loser owes the LGT 100 million yen, which "will be collected by any means and at all costs".
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".
Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991. The series focused on the devoutly-Catholic and extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle, led by its matriarch Nellie through a number of ups and downs as they tried to make their way through life in Thatcher's Britain with no visible means of support. The street shown at the start of each programme is Elswick Street. A family called Boswell had also featured in Lane's earlier sitcom The Liver Birds and Lane admitted in interviews that the two families were probably related. Nellie's feckless and estranged husband, Freddie, left her for another woman known as 'Lilo Lill'. Her children Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Billy continued to live in the family home in Kelsall Street and contributed money to the central family fund, largely through benefit fraud and the sale of stolen goods.
Four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job, and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal — are stuck in an immigration detention center in the Australian desert. Inspired by true events.
Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.
Set in 1980's & 90's Bombay, Scam 1992 follows the life of Harshad Mehta - a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights & his catastrophic downfall. Being directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta, the series is based on journalist Debashis Basu & Sucheta Dalal's book "The Scam".
If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons, and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again!
A group of small-town young men run a lucrative phishing operation, until a corrupt politician wants in on their scheme -- and a cop wants to fight it.
Citizen James is a BBC sitcom that ran for three series between 24 November 1960 and 23 November 1962. The show featured comedian and actor Sid James and Sydney Tafler with Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser appearing in early episodes. It was initially written by the comedy writing team of Galton and Simpson, who based the characters very much on the "Sidney Balmoral James" and "Bill Kerr, the dim-witted Australian" roles that they had played in Hancock's Half Hour. The first series was set around 'Charlie's Nosh Bar', a cafe in Soho, and centred around Sid's get-rich-quick schemes. He is helped by "Billy the Kerr" and quite often frustrated by the local bookmaker Albert Welshman. Liz Fraser played Sid's long-suffering girlfriend who has been waiting for seven years for Sid to set the date. Changes were made to the format after the first series. Sid James' character was changed to be something of a people's champion, campaigning for social justice. Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser departed and Sidney Tafler played a different character: Charlie Davenport. The location switched from Soho to Sid and Charlie sharing a house. Later episodes were written by then Morecambe & Wise writers Sid Green and Dick Hills.
When Zheng Qi discovers her husband's affair and his secret transfer of their shared assets, she hatches a plan. With her nanny posing as an investor, she sets a trap to reclaim what’s rightfully hers.
June Clarke loses the money from the sale of her house to fraudsters and attends a support group for victims of such scams where she meets old school mate Des Grigsby. He persuades her to take a job caring for the mother of respected businessman Kirk Wiley, who he suspects is involved in the criminal enterprise that targeted both of them.
A detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents who caught the security officer who orchestrated the entire scheme.
The Beggar Bride was a British two-part television programme adapted from the Gillian White novel of the same name.
As a hit podcaster, comedian Laci Mosley knows her way around a scam. Now, she's taking her expertise on the road, uncovering small-town swindles and big-city cons across the U.S.
This four-part investigative documentary series holds the magnifying glass to one of the most bizarre crimes in recent history: the theft of 7,000 living bugs from the Philadelphia Insectarium. Delve into this whodunnit through exclusive interviews with insect collectors, bug smugglers, and the law enforcement agencies charged with looking into this case.
Sanket, an intern doctor studying at a government hospital discovers a massive medical entrance exam scam that has been running for years, lured by greed becomes a part of it, only to lose everything that his perfect life was made of. Now, determined to find his father’s killer, he turns into a whistleblower, unaware of how deep the rot runs.
