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Scam City: Bogota

48 MIN · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]
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Host Conor Woodman lands in Bogota to map out how the city's con artists actually work, and the episode opens with a warning that follows him everywhere he goes: scopolamine, a powder derived from a local flowering shrub, can be blown into a victim's face or slipped into a drink to strip away their will, leaving them compliant enough to hand over bank cards and PIN numbers without resistance. Woodman meets police, former hustlers, and street vendors who walk him through the city's layered scam economy, from small-time pickpocketing crews to the networks running the drug-assisted robberies that make Bogota notorious among travelers. Hidden cameras and undercover setups let the crew document real scams as they unfold rather than simply describing them secondhand. The episode treats the city's criminal underworld as a functioning system with its own rules and hierarchy, tracing how tourists become targets and how locals learn to spot the setup before it closes. It is a street-level look at trust, vulnerability, and the mechanics of being conned.