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The carbon tax Recently brought back to light with a documentary series on Netflix, the VAT fraud on carbon quotas, is a huge scam that was in the news in the late 2000s in France. This case is even considered as the scam of the century. The idea was born in 2005, when the Europe ...  Show more

He is not one of the swindlers who have made the most money, but Christophe Rocancourt has to become a media personality with trivialized offences. He lived a difficult childhood, with a complicated family situation and an abandonment in an orphanage at only nine years old. It is ...  Show more

Join us for the tale of two men who soaked the streamers for projects that just didn't exist. But hey, the movie business is built on dreams, hype, and money. Con artists thrive on dreams, hype, and money. A match made in Hollywood!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat ...  Show more

Everyone loves a good heist film -- but how accurate are they? Join Ben and Matt as they delve into the stories of modern history's biggest heists, actual criminal conspiracies carried out across the world to steal millions of dollars' worth of loot. Who got caught? Who got shot? ...  Show more

Parcast’s Original Show, Con Artists, peeks behind the masks of hustlers, swindlers, and Nigerian Princes. We’ll dive into their psychology, and teach listeners how to spot a con. Every week tells the story of a different scammer, someone like Gregor MacGregor, who sold investmen ...  Show more

America has a soft spot for scoundrels. From the (evil) genius who kept selling the Brooklyn Bridge to foreigners to the original snake oil salesman, we race through history's most legendary cons and discover why Denver was the Florence of the Con-Man Renaissance. Featuring Ma ...