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Preview: Season 2026 Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
How online scams steal billions of dollars and ruin victims’ lives.
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate how online scams steal billions of dollars and ruin victims’ lives. The documentary traces the rise of a global criminal industry, the people and technology enabling it, and the efforts to shut it down.
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"Scammed" - Preview
Preview: Season 2026 Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate how online scams steal billions of dollars and ruin victims’ lives. The documentary traces the rise of a global criminal industry, the people and technology enabling it, and the efforts to shut it down.
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Follow scams as they unfold — and examine tactics used to manipulate victims. A collaboration between FRONTLINE and The Associated Press.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> $13,500.
>> $50,000.
>> NARRATOR: A global investigation.
>> Every single person is vulnerable to scams in a different way.
>> Victims are getting hit with romance and cryptocurrency, then losing all of their money.
>> There are so many layers to this.
>> NARRATOR: The perpetrators.
>> Do you ever feel bad about what you do?
>> NARRATOR: Victims.
>> It’s gut-wrenching and it’s life changing.
>> NARRATOR: And the efforts to shut it down.
>> We have to fight it locally and internationally.
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