Top 10 Scam Series on Netflix

Netflix can be a good platform to learn more about different kinds of fraud and scams and how to avoid them.

We have prepared a list of 10 movies/series that are a must watch!

Inventing Ana

A journalist investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary heiress who stole the hearts and money of New York elites.
Release date: February 11, 2022
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Drama
Executive producers: Shonda Rhimes; Betsy Beers; Tom Verica; David Frankel

The Tinder Swindler

A group of women who were the victims of a dating app based swindler join together in an attempt to hunt him down and recover the millions of dollars that were stolen from them.
Release date: February 2, 2022
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Executive Producers: Bernadette Higgins

The Dirty Money

There’s a cliche that says “the rich get richer,” and while that may be true it’s not always done through legal or moral methods. This docuseries takes a look at stories of scandal and corruption in business, exposing acts of corporate greed and corruption.
Release date: January 26, 2018
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Executive producers: Adam Del Deo; Yon Motskin; Lisa Nishimura; Stacey Offman; Jason Spingarn-Koff; Alex Gibney

Bad Vegan

After marrying a mysterious man who claimed he could make her dog immortal, a vegan restaurateur finds her life veering off the rails.
Release date: March 16, 2022.
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Executive producers: Chris Smith

The China Hustle

Investors seeking new alternatives for high returns find a gold mine in China — until the discovery of a massive web of fraud calls everything else into question.
Release date: March 30, 2018.
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Executive Producers : Alex Gibney, Mark Cuban

Lord of Scams

This documentary traces the rise and crash of scammers who conned the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on one another.
Release date: November 3, 2021
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Executive producers: Guillaume Nicloux.,   Olivier Bouchara

Scams

Kusano has a bright future with his fancy university degree and new job. yet, it is not to be. The blood sucking financial giant which he works at goes broke and leaves him on the pavement. When it rains it pours and his father becomes ill and needs care and money. He also has his own debts. Needing cash, he searches for and finds a job rather quickly. The job, however, is illegitimate and involves undesirable activity. What is a man to do?
Release date: June 30, 2019
Original network: Netflix
Genre:  Drama
Executive producers: Caroline Short

The Laundromat

When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.
Release date: September 1, 2019 
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Drama
Executive producers: Jake Bernstein, Douglas Urbanski

Jamtara

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.
Release date: January 10, 2020
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Drama
Executive producers: AAjit Andhare, Manish Trehan

The Great Hack

Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Release date: January 26, 2019
Original network: Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Executive producers: Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer