catfishing

Netflix documentary about the 2012–2013 Lennay Kekua catfishing hoax, in which Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o was deceived by a fictitious online girlfriend.

The Manti Te'o catfishing case is a 2012 American online hoax in which Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was deceived into believing he had a real girlfriend — a fabricated person named Lennay Kekua — created by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.

The Cari Farver case is a Nebraska murder in which victim Cari Farver was killed in 2012, then impersonated for years by her killer Shanna Golyar through tens of thousands of fake messages.

The United Kingdom is experiencing an unprecedented surge in fraud crime, with 2.09 million confirmed cases reported in the first six months of 2025. The crisis reveals vulnerabilities in digital banking systems that extend far beyond British shores, prompting international law enforcement to reassess fraud prevention strategies.

Frank Abagnale Jr., arrested in Georgia in November 1970 for passing fake payroll checks, built a decades-long career on claims of elaborate cons that investigators say never happened. The gap between his memoir and the documented record reveals how a real criminal became fiction's most celebrated impostor.

A new Danish podcast has shed light on a sophisticated scam in which a fraudster impersonated the son of a billionaire to defraud victims of millions of kroner. The series examines how the con artist manipulated and exploited ordinary people, with consequences extending to professional dismissals and criminal charges.

From catfishing schemes to TikTok murder investigations, these documentaries pull back the curtain on predators who exploit digital anonymity to stalk, manipulate, and kill. Selected for their unflinching look at the dark side of our connected world.

Edmund Kemper murdered his grandparents at age 15 in 1964, then spent fewer than five years in detention before being released. A decade later, he would kill seven college students, his mother, and her friend in one of California's most disturbing serial killing sprees.

In June 2021, a hacker using the username TomLiner posted personal data from approximately 700 million LinkedIn users—roughly 93% of the platform's membership—for sale on the dark web forum RaidForums. LinkedIn disputed the characterization as a breach, arguing the data came from public profiles and external sources rather than a direct hack of its systems.