Christened 'Casanova Con Man' in the press, Nick Gage earned his title. He compulsively targeted women via online dating sites and seduced them in order to gain access to their bank accounts and credit cards.
Uncover some of the most complex, intriguing and shocking con men stories in recent history. This series journeys into the fascinating lives, crimes and minds of con artists.
Frumpy femme fatale Emma Golightly seduced and scammed six men out of a quarter of a million pounds. Once she had gained accessed to her lovers’ hearts, she would gain access to their credit card details. Her cruel and callous con knew no limits.
Narcissistic con man Michael Hammond would do absolutely anything for his fifteen minutes of fame. His one-man mission to become part of the celebrity elite of London was almost successful. More...
Narcissistic con man Michael Hammond would do absolutely anything for his fifteen minutes of fame. His one-man mission to become part of the celebrity elite of London was almost successful.
But his increasingly dangerous attempts soon involved toying with the police, putting innocent people’s lives in danger, creating terrorist alerts and even causing a breach that put the royal family’s security on red alert.
Uncover four of the most complex, intriguing and shocking con men stories in recent history. This series journeys into the fascinating lives, crimes and minds of con artists, this time focusing on Myatt Drewe.
Paul Williams used peoples’ belief in the psychic and spiritual world as his con man weapon of choice, cruelly and callously targeting the elderly, the vulnerable and the recently bereaved with bogus messages from beyond the grave.
The story of Robert Hendy Freegard unfolds like a bestseller or Hollywood blockbuster. For ten years he adopted the persona of a James Bond-style MI5 undercover agent to seduce, humiliate and con a reported £1 million from his victims.
Robert Hyams appeared to be a leading academic professor. In reality, he was a failed and bankrupted scientist, who funded his own and his family’s lives through a string of audacious cons, unbeknown even to those he loved most.
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