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    9 Scandalous Titles to Stream After The Tinder Swindler

    Don’t let these con artists scam their way into your heart.

    By Phillipe Thao
    May 3, 2024

While some people can’t even get a text back, Simon Leviev of The Tinder Swindler was able to convince his dates to take out massive loans for him in the name of love. From private jets to lavish vacations, Leviev built a fake persona as the heir to a luxury diamond company. What is it about Leviev and other con artists that have us so fascinated? It could be realizing how easy it is to scam strangers out of millions, or even the feeling of schadenfreude from watching them get caught. If The Tinder Swindler piqued your curiosity, here are nine scandalous titles to stream next.

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Inventing Anna

Some consider Anna Delvey a girlboss; others think she’s a con artist. Based on a true story, this Shonda Rhimes series follows a journalist who sets out to uncover the truth about the fake German heiress. Like Leviev, Delvey had a magnetic persona. She attracted friends and New York’s elite — as well as their money to fund her vision. 

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Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

After an anonymous Facebook user posts a disturbing video involving cats, social media sleuths are determined to track down the uploader. What initially seems like a case of animal torture turns out to be much more sinister. As a network of online detectives works together, they realize they’re actually hunting a sadistic killer. 

FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

Cocky men falling from grace are having a moment. Everyone knows the story of the infamous Fyre Festival — advertised as a luxury music festival, only to turn into a post-apocalyptic nightmare. Co-founder Billy McFarland promised attendees grand villas, a dream music lineup and a bevy of influencers like Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid. Instead, he defrauded investors and became a walking meme

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Dirty John
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Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator

Bikram Choudhury is the founder of hot yoga, but his legacy is anything but healing. During his rise, Choudhury built a global empire and attracted a massive following. Although it wasn’t a cult by definition, some of his followers would follow his lifestyle of barely eating and sleeping — and even submitting to eight grueling weeks of training. At the height of his power, Choudhury berated his students, but allegations of sexual harassment would soon take him down from the throne.

Lords of Scam

The girls are fighting! This French documentary tells the story of a group of hustlers who con the EU carbon system for hundreds of millions of euros. After becoming ridiculously wealthy overnight, the scammers are living like kings. But it’s not long before they begin turning on each other.

The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman

Robert Hendy-Freegard and Leviev have one thing in common: they’ve claimed to live many lives. In this three-part docuseries, Hendy-Freegard disguises himself as David, an M15 agent. Over two decades, the British con artist isolates his victims to steal money from them. The family of his latest victim, Sarah Clifton, comes forward to share their experience and plead for the safe return of their mother.

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

In 2019, social media erupted after finding out that the rich and famous — and beloved celebrities — paid for their kids to get into the country’s top universities. From Lori Loughlin to Felicity Huffman, parents worked with admissions coach Rick Singer to boost their children’s test scores and even Photoshop fake sports pictures. Operation Varsity Blues uses real FBI transcripts to reenact the largest college admissions scandal in history.

This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist

The four-part docuseries takes a deep dive into this daring and notorious 1990 art heist. Dressed as cops, two men make their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and leave with a nine-figure haul, including works from Rembrandt, Vermeer, Manet and Degas. 

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