SCAM
Videos
FAKES, FRAUDS & SCAMMERS
10:37
Pretending To Die in a Canoe Accident to Claim Insurance
Why did a man who convinced everyone he was dead reappear five years later? This is how the con artist behind one of the UK’s most sensational scandals got caught.
The Big Steal
8:06
The Commonwealth Games Scam
This is the story of how India’s officials set up a maze of scams at one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
Bad Blood
25:15
How I Managed to Shoot the Yakuza | Bad Blood
Seung-Woo Yang entered the universe of the Korean Yakuza in his teens. A personal tragedy made him start photographing the world, to cement his memories with his friends.
T-Mobile The Young and the Scammed / web
2:54
The Young and the Scammed Episode 3
What seemed like the career opportunity of a lifetime turned into a dangerous situation.
T-Mobile The Young and the Scammed / web
2:54
The Young and the Scammed Episode 2
It was a scam based on extortion... and emotion.
T-Mobile The Young and the Scammed / web
2:54
T-Mobile The Young and the Scammed Episode 1
This second-generation immigrant, and college student, was the perfect victim.
High Octane
17:14
Inside Miami’s Luxury Car Hustle: Fake It ‘Til You Make It
In a world where likes and fame can be bought and the facade of Instagram reigns supreme, VICE meets some of the legit — and the not-so-legit — players that cater luxury car rentals to the biggest rappers, athletes, and celebrities of the moment.
VICE Specials
12:46
Credit Card Scammers: Street Gangs on the Dark Web
VICE met up with a full-time scammer for a look inside the shady, lucrative world of stealing credit card info on the dark web.
DESUS & MERO / Clip
3:03
Popeyes Chicken Scam
Yelper exposes a restaurant trying to pass off Popeyes chicken as its own.
The Great Council House Scam
9:40
Drugs, Prostitution, & Diesel Conversion: Criminal Opportunists Thrive Amidst UK Housing Crisis
In the midst of the UK's biggest ever housing crisis, criminal opportunists have taken advantage of social housing by appropriating council houses for a wide variety of criminal enterprise.
Profiles by VICE
15:35
The Guy in the Question Mark Suit
VICE meets Matthew Lesko, the guy who has written more than twenty books telling people how to get money from the US government.
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