TV fraud

Pepsi, Where's My Jet? is a Netflix docuseries about Leonard v. PepsiCo, Inc., the real 1990s lawsuit in which a young man sued Pepsi for a fighter jet advertised in a TV commercial.

Killer Ratings is a Netflix docuseries about Wallace Souza, a Brazilian TV host and politician accused of ordering murders to boost his own crime show's ratings.

Fortune Seller: A TV Scam is a Netflix docuseries about Italian TV personality Wanna Marchi and her daughter Stefania Nobile, convicted for a massive fraud scheme that defrauded roughly 300,000 people across Italy between 1996 and 2001.

The Strip Search Phone Call Scam was a US hoax-call series (1994–2004) in which a man posing as police directed fast-food managers to strip-search employees in over 70 incidents.

In 1978, serial killer Rodney Alcala won a date on the American television show The Dating Game, presented to viewers as a successful photographer and skydiver. Unknown to producers and audiences alike, Alcala was a convicted rapist, registered sex offender, and active serial killer in the midst of a years-long murder spree that would claim an estimated 130 victims.