Has anyone here heard of this documentary TV show called Scam City?

It's about this British guy who travels to different cities around the world and uncovers scams. He has a film crew with hidden cameras and they get involved with local criminals who show them how to take money from tourists lol.

Such an interesting documentary and it's made me think twice about visiting some places :P

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Its amazing. I watch every ep. Rome is not so innocent.

1 decade ago
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I still haven't seen the Rome episode, but Barcelona really surprised me. The Romanian gangs pick pockets in broad daylight, crazy.

1 decade ago
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It's this guys, joking aside the Rome episode should be similar Barcelona, since Spain and Italy are main countries where gypsies go to steal.

1 decade ago
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Quite sad really, there was a whole family of pick pockets in the Barcelona episode. The mother, sons, grandfather, uncle, all living in a nice apartment. That's messed up :S

1 decade ago
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I'm from Barcelona, where can i watch this episode? I dont know this documentary...

1 decade ago
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You can cough cough, find it online. Try searching Scam City Barcelona in Youtube first.

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Thanks, I post on my "siesta time" and I didn't think a lot about how find it xD

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk0rda8YDA1qb84lwo1_500.jpg

Seems like a cool show though. I'll check it out.

1 decade ago
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Not only Barca. All episodes are AAA-quality. Have you seen Istanbul ?

1 decade ago
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My first guess is about Sim, my second is about SG

1 decade ago
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not even surprised czech republic has its own episode

1 decade ago
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It's god damn amazing, dude! I've watched everything now.

And yea it really makes you more cautious when going on vacations or anything else.

I wonder if there will be a season two...

1 decade ago
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I'll probably add it to my list of things to watch. Thanks

1 decade ago
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You're welcome. It's one of those "surprising" shows, so hopefully you'll enjoy it.

1 decade ago
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Sounds interesting. I will check it out.

1 decade ago
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I expected a rant thread about SimCity and EA.

1 decade ago
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haha, well that would be quite understandable, given the name :P

1 decade ago
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+1 :D

wupwup

1 decade ago
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Sounds pretty interesting.

Made me remember an old British TV program which would always end up with the reporter chasing a conman of some kind down the street and shouting through their letterbox. Can't remember the name though.

1 decade ago
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Can't say I've seen that. Was it a comedy or serious?

1 decade ago
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Serious. It's pretty old though, watched it as a kid. Thought it was 'The Cook Report', but when I searched on the net doesn't seem to be right.
Probably a lot of them though - cowboy builders etc.

1 decade ago
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I'll need to look into that. Sounds decent.

1 decade ago
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We still have a few of those though they're mainly targeted at cowboy builders. They chase them around neighbourhoods with cameras shouting out a list of their scams. Very entertaining.

1 decade ago
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Yup saw the one about Istanbul

1 decade ago
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Istanbul is scary :S If I ever visit, I'm not going anywhere near that dodgy club or trusting the "plain clothes policemen".

1 decade ago
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I went to internet cafe in Marmaris had to photocopy some lecture notes, I copied max 10 paper and paid 20 lira ._. It supposed to be 1 lira max,in cities where tourists are a lot, everything is ridiculously expensive

1 decade ago
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Woah, that's like 7 GBP D: What bastards.

1 decade ago
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Its too much right? Not sure what are the prices there :D It supposed to be 10 kuruş each paper :D

1 decade ago
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That's so cheap haha. At my university, it was like 20-30 pence for one sheet. A lot more than you, but I've never been scammed while trying to use it :P

1 decade ago
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Shieeet feels poor

1 decade ago
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*lucky Murat, you're lucky!

1 decade ago
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If you are interested in this show, you should watch The Real Hustle.

Brits and their cons.

1 decade ago
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Yeah, I've seen that. They're so skillful it's scary!

1 decade ago
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Love that show!

1 decade ago
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Ooh, I'll definitely watch that! Hustle is one of my favorite series.

1 decade ago
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I know about it, but I've only partially watched 1 or 2 episodes. I've added it to my "To watch" list just now, thanks for reminding me about it.

1 decade ago
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You're welcome :) Not a very long series, but still worth watching if it interests you.

1 decade ago
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when i saw the subject line i thought you'd be talking about Steam Gifts or Steam Trades XD

hmm this sounds really interesting, i think i'll check this out :)

1 decade ago
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Not EVERYTHING on Steamgifts is related to Steamgifts lol. It's refreshing to be in a thread without arguments.

1 decade ago
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no no its not XD Just when someone reads "Scam" around here they usually think it is haha. it really is refreshing :) do you know how many episodes there are? or if they still produce new ones?

1 decade ago
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Ah right, I didn't consider that :P

There are only 10 episodes in season one. No more episodes have been released so far.

1 decade ago
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oo plenty for me to watch x3 i assume theyre around an hour each. not bad

1 decade ago
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Thought this would be a rant topic. Booooring :P

1 decade ago
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Shush then, I never rant :P

1 decade ago
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Is there an episode for HK? If not, there really should be!

1 decade ago
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Not yet........is that your recommendation? lol

My experience of Hong Kong was wonderful and happy. Don't you dare ruin that.

1 decade ago
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No scamming of tourists where I live :D

wupwup

1 decade ago
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Greenland?

1 decade ago
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Close but no cigar wupwup!

1 decade ago
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Hey, close is better than far! I would say Canada then?

1 decade ago
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Scandinavia :P

1 decade ago
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Well.. We dont have this in the TV, so I will try to search for the show in the webs :P

Thanks Jonex ;d

1 decade ago
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Got it from the "webs" myself.

wink wink

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LOL, PERFECT.

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Also I would like to see an episode about Israel, we the jews probably scam the best xD

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I've seen a few shows about Israel and the zionist jews. I personally found them really funny (no offence). Not sure what happens in the standard jewish society though, you'll have to fill me in on those details :P

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Well I watched the first episode about Argentina, and I have to say we probably dont have such amount of scams here.

I dont even think we have a fake money system going on here, we once had fake coins but it was really easy to check if they are fake or not (they wieghted much less then regular coins).

1 decade ago
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Well those Argentinians, they're pros lmao.

1 decade ago
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Damn this show is epic, I'm watching now the 5th episode, thanks for your recommendation Jonex :)

1 decade ago
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The Rio episode is on youtube.

1 decade ago
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Great show :)

1 decade ago
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Hmm....interesting. I'll check it for sure

1 decade ago
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I thought this was about SimCity scammers. XD

Too bad it doesn't air in my country yet. (At least I think it doesn't..) Seems like a great idea for a show.

1 decade ago
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Read the wiki and it looks damn interesting. Thx for increasing my tv zambie tyme! :D

1 decade ago
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Anything for a fellow zambie.

(I immediately think of a baby zombie, which is just messed up)

1 decade ago
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Like the one from Dawn of the Dead? That was one messed up zambie baby!

1 decade ago
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That creeps me out just thinking about it. At least it didn't jump out of the blanket and crawl around the place :S

1 decade ago
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Thanks, I will give it a try, looks interesting

1 decade ago
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I thought this was about Steamtrades

1 decade ago
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Check out this deja vu.

1 decade ago
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I feel like i tore a fabric in space-time continuum for a second (or a year, doesn't matter)

1 decade ago
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You did.

1 decade ago
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Is S1 over? Any word about S2?

1 decade ago
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I'll say this much. I tend to be suspicious of "documentaries" that have has many cuts as this has. I'm not saying the whole show is just set-up and bs. Just take everything you see there with a grain of salt. As this probably is more like "Man vs Wild", "the worst case scenario" ^^ and everything isn't as it seems.

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Closed 1 decade ago by Jonex.