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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.
VICE Specials

15:36
The UK’s Greatest Art Forgers Reveal Their Secrets
VICE’s Sydney Lima meets two notorious art forgers who created 1000s of fake paintings during their careers. She takes a fake to a forensic lab. Will it fool the expert?
VICE Life Hacks with Oobah Butler

6:20
I Broke The Strangest Superstitions To See If It Ruined My Life
I decided to break as many of the weirdest superstitions I could in a day to see if it ruined my life.
VICE Life Hacks with Oobah Butler

18:12
I Sent a Lookalike To Skydive With My Wife & She Didn't Realise
Richard's wife's dream is to skydive with her partner, but he’s petrified of heights. Oobah Butler held auditions and cast a lookalike to take his place.
Will it work?
FAKES, FRAUDS & SCAMMERS

9:17
The Two Scottish Rappers Who Conned the World
In this episode of Fakes, Frauds & Scammers, we hear the story of two Scottish lads who reinvented themselves as LA-based hip-hop artists. They claimed Eminem “taught them how to rap” and enjoyed a spectacular rise to the top of the music industry.