Con Girl on Channel 7 – A distressed 14-year-old is found on the streets of Dublin, possibly the victim of sex trafficking.
Police spend four weeks searching for her family, before discovering she’s not a child.
She’s 25-year-old Australian Samantha Azzopardi, a serial con woman.
Two years earlier in Perth, Samantha posed as a Russian gymnast, befriending teenager Hope and convincing Hope’s family to adopt her. Californian backpacker Emmy is also caught up in a make-believe world of secrets and spies.
Samantha Azzopardi doesn’t con for money. So why? The depth of her deception is uncovered for the first time in this compelling series.
then on episode 2:
Californian backpacker Emmy reveals more of her rollercoaster ride at the hands of serial con woman Samantha Azzopardi.
Samantha convinces Emmy to commit fraud, then Emmy finds herself trapped in a freezing ‘safe house’, desperately trying to extricate herself from Samantha’s toxic web. Emmy unwittingly helps Samantha to pull yet another con in Canada.
A few years later, French backpacker Lucie meets Samantha in Sydney, where she convinces Lucie to carry out a series of “pranks”. But this is no joke. Lucie is suddenly implicated in a child kidnapping case.
About the Show
Serial Australian con woman Samantha Azzopardi used more than 75 false identities in a globe-crossing career of deception that began when she was just 14.
Yet in all that time, she never assaulted anyone or stole money. Her motives were a mystery.
This documentary series explores the many lies & lives of Samantha, primarily through the compelling accounts of her victims – many of whom are telling their stories for the first time.
Their powerful testimony reveals the incredible depths of Samantha’s decades of deception. Why did she do it? How did she do it? Who is Samantha Azzopardi?
Con Girl on Channel 7 and 7plus – Sunday 17 September, 2023 at 8.45pm
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Con Girl on Channel 7
