Maybe it’s utter fascination, shock, disgust or a mixture of all three that has left us slightly obsessed with consuming scam-related content recently.

With recent releases of Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler and Inventing Anna, BBC Three’s Jobfished and our recent podcast obsession Scamfluencers, it seems like the art of the scam is the flavour of 2022 so far.

While devastating, there’s no denying that the tales (based on real life events) are worthy of a binge-watch or listen and we’ll put our hands up to having consumed most of them. It’s a subgenre of true crime that’s always been there but the double lives, the multiple faked personas and the lies are perfect fodder for any docuseries fans out there.

With that, here are the podcasts and shows we personally recommend if you want to dive headfirst into tales of lies, deceit and trickery.

Scams, lies and elaborate cons: the wild TV shows and podcasts you should binge now, from Scamfluencers to Inventing Anna