Scam City: my new obsession

I'll admit, I started the series on Netflix this morning and just finishing up the Buenos Aires episode. Then I caught something and rewound it three times just to be sure. It is completely obvious the scene where Conor is pickpocketed is 100% staged. I stopped watching after finding this. If you're going to make documentary with scenes included for dramatic purposes, then just say so. Completely lost all credibility.

This show is ridiculous, and it's sad that there are people dumb enough to get taken by these scams. It's really laughable how greed and sheer stupidity are so rampant. So, yeah, if you get taken by these street cams you're an idiot and borderline deserve it for being such an idiot.

I've watched three episodes so far... REALLY liked the Prague episode, which is why the Rome and Las Vegas episodes were so disappointing. The scam in Rome is that middle age men try to pick up on 20-something women? The scam in Las Vegas is that VIP passes which are distributed by people on the street aren't really VIP? Or that wiring money to someone trying to get a hotel is a scam? While there are some interesting moments, I think The Real Hustle is much more valuable.

The show really made it seem that the counterfeit money in BA was an epidemic. Anyone know the reality of the situation?

The only scam going here is my time being scammed, and Lucky is acting as an associate ;) Seriously though, other then the overwhelming feeling of the show being mostly staged, most of the scams shown as very basic and even then, Conner never really get to the bottom of any of them. I've watched four episodes so far, Bangkok, Vegas, Barcelona, and BA. Bangkok, the main scam was a common tuktuk scam, and the method of money extraction was the sales of overpriced jewelry, hardly a scam seeing as how one could easily not buy any. Vegas, was about VIP card, but i was only like $10, and that was a "tip" and in the end of the show they were showing a simply hi-lo count for god sakes. BA was about counterfeit money, again not really a scam. And Barcelona was about pickpocketing, in what definition is that a scam? And they showed a freaking three card Monty game, how cliche is that? I did find the black widow thing very interesting, because I think one could easily take advantage of these beautiful girls with no morals, but preparing a drugged bottle of wine in your hotel room. IMO, BBC's "The Real Hustle" is a much better show, showing much more sophisticated scams, and genuinely made me less susceptibility to scams.