A lot of people deceived into losing large sums of money, from fake cancer treatments to wedding planner scams. Victims, journalists, and experts reveal the aftermath of misplaced trust.

The series The Big Swindle tells six of deceptively beautiful stories in which people were sometimes scammed for a lot of money. Purely because they trusted the other person. Such as a woman paying a whopping £100,000 for an acquaintance's cancer treatment that turned out to be untrue or an entrepreneur being scammed for £180,000 by his own neighbor. Even when smaller amounts are involved, the consequences can be huge. A wedding that cannot go ahead because of a dodgy wedding planner or a holiday that goes down the drain because a rogue travel agent lied to you. The series tells the stories through victims, journalists who followed the case and experts who interpret the behavior of the fraudulent perpetrators.—jakkepoes