Fake Friend: The Ticket Scammer

Fake Friend: The Ticket Scammer

Fake Friend: The Ticket Scammer

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Fake Friend: The Ticket Scammer

2025

0h 59m

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Crime

Overview

How a Somerset high-flyer turned his charm and connections into tools of deception – conning his school friends and hundreds of others while living a life of glamour himself.

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Directed by: Carlo Mole
Produced by: Carlo Mole
Lorraine Evans

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