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Action? Someone say action please?
So action!
Start from the side.
Oh, my god!
It's cold as hell!
Can we have another dive?
What's this documentary about?
We're just shooting our daily life in Prague.
Stop shooting, you've been shooting me since last night.
I'm editing. I'm adding some fog actually to this.
Some fog?
What the *** are you doing man?
Walking around with a camera filming everybody.
What are you doing, filming everybody?
-Introduce us to the school here. -Okay, this is the attic.
The attic?
-You need to talk louder I think. -This is the attic.
No, we can talk about it.
It's gonna be easier for me, I've never faced camera before.
Is this the first?
The first email was this one.
They basically want information about me.
I told them my name is Steve Adams and I have a company.
This is the last email I received from them.
I need to print these documents and send them to the European office in Italy.
So now we will go to school and print these documents.
Sign them and like do the same thing they're doing with us.
Lie!
How many pages is it?
So he sent you details about an investment plan-
-and then you're gonna tell him that you will invest in his plan?
We're sending this to Italy.
-But then you won't invest in his plan? -*** no, why?
-How will you scam him? -We're making up a name.
-President..
-President of your made up company.
Telephone number?
-Should I give them a.. -06045..
-Some fake number? -Yeah.
I seriously hope it's not real.
-Are you actually gonna invest anything? -No!
-See you guys! - Bye!
We're gonna post these documents. Send them to Italy.
I hope it's not too much of money.
-You have it? -Yeah.
First time I'm sending a letter from Prague since I've come here.
This time I'm sending it to the scammers.
We did it, we did it!
She said it's gonna take two days to Italy..
How does it feel? Already spending money on the..
Waste of money, man.
I can't believe I'm actually sending them post now.
It was okay until like communicating with them via emails but now I'm sending them post.
I'm gonna write to her and tell that she's gonna get mail in like two days.
We've finally sent the documents and I hope they'll reply.
You look pretty!
So can you tell what's happening?
I received this email after four days from "Elizabeth ***".
We posted some documents to Italy, to the European office.
The so called "European office".
"I've now received a scanned copy of details from the European office.
The number of employees you filled in-
-are including all the offices worldwide or just in Czech Republic?"
-560 employees? -In Czech Republic, not worldwide.
-They have an office in Europe.. -We sent to the address..
Yeah, we sent it to Europe, Italy, Sicily.
She can't reach the number I sent her. It was fake obviously.
Now I think I should give her my number, Benjamin is gone.
You're filming.
They send us all the details about the oil refineries in Venezuela.
How they are working. How much oil deposits they have.
How we're gonna extract it.
-Now you're also becoming scammers. -We're scammers now.
We're scamming the scammers, so why not?
It's like good for the documentary, no?
You can be in problems. It can be mafia, you know.
The Godfather?
Can you say where we are?
We're at Benjamin's place, waiting for Elizabeth *** to call.
Hopefully she's gonna call in ten minutes.
Oil, gas, mining, telecommunications and information technologies.
If she asks me like: "Did you go through the documents?"-
-and I'm like: "Oops".
Hey Oleg!
Now she should have called.
Maybe they charge money from the phone? I've heard about this kind of scam.
I have nothing in my phone, it's minus.
They charge me for the Internet.
***.
Hello?
Hello! This is Elizabeth ***, secretary to Mr. William Wormwood at ...
I received a scanned copy of the Business investment interest form-
-yesterday from the European office.
I have forwarded the copy to Mr. Wormwood and he will be getting back to you soon.
If you do have any questions don't hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for your interest and we will talk soon.
-Have a nice day! -Thank you. Bye-bye!
What the ***?
You were so not prepared for this, come on!
I think you should come up with questions so you can expose them somehow.
-Next time I should be more prepared. -Yeah, it was so quick!
In case they call again, try to develop and make it longer.
If she's in America someone is sending her the documents from Italy-
-because someone is receiving them.
Or either she's in Italy, but there's someone in..
Why don't she say "send it to US", if's she's in US?
Maybe she's not in the US.
-It was a few minutes back. -You got it right? You got the sound?
She said that his application for investment will be sent to some other guy?
-He will get back to you soon. -Yeah.
So what are you gonna do now?
I don't think we should do anything, they're gonna tell us what we will do.
-Am I looking okay, Benjy? -Looking good.
Good is an exaggeration, man.
The agreement will be to share the business thus: 35% for the investor which is you.
55% for us and 10% will be used in settling all expenses.
Can you please email me the times you're available?
I think he prefers to have a phone meeting at the end of next week.
By tonight I'll tell you my schedule.
Okay, if there's nothing else that's all for now.
It was nice talking to you and let's stay in touch.
-Thank you so much, bye-bye! -Alright, thank you. Bye-bye!
She just keeps on going and going and doesn't even let me talk.
Mr. William Wormwood is gonna be busy.
But it's ***, everything's *** man.
I need to look busy too.
This is some *** role play. She's playing to be this Elizabeth ***.
We're playing to be this other guy who's busy, we're not busy.
The time you give them, they call you at the exact same time.
-I'm sorry? -Go on please.
The reason why I'm calling is to say that it was impossible to arrange-
-that phone conference I promised you with Mr. Wormwood for next week.
William Wormwood?
Where's William Wormwood?
He's busy.
So random to have like, I don't know-
-an office in the US and then European office in Sicily.
How could you go further with this? I don't get it.
How big is the risk that they'll actually do research about your company?
And see whether it exists or not?
They haven't done it until now.
-But if they do? -If they do they'll find nothing.
I'm a bigger scammer than them.
Please take note that we hope to conclude the investment within the month..
It would be interesting if you could get a meeting with her.
It is really interesting.
Mr. Wormwood won't be able to talk to you for a couple more days.
We certainly do appreciate your patience though.
Yeah, "appreciate your patience though".
The one she says "managing director" and "appreciate your patience though".
Those are the two phrases that really stick out to me that she's southern.
-My mother was scammed. -How?
-When it first started, yeah. -What happened?
She lost like 3000 dollars. Something like this.
It is evil. I mean.. The Internet is kind of new, it's what about.
He really does want to talk to you, but at the moment his schedule-
-is just too tight to arrange any kind of a phone meeting.
I am doing my very best to arrange something.
Just for the difference in time zones, it makes it so difficult to put something together.
Sicily?
Maybe it's a scam run from Sicily then.
The only information they have from me is my phone number.
But maybe that's enough, maybe the phone number is enough?
Enough for what? Come after me?
They'll try to trick you for money somehow.
How can I be tricked if I know?
Unless they have like your credit card details.
What if like these guys..
The chances are impossible, but like one percent that he's actually serious?
It is very absurd, you know these kind of interactions.
"Because my boss, the contract and bla bla boa", all that ***!
-Hello, is this Mr. Adams? -Yes, this is Mr. Adams.
Mr. Wormwood asked me to inform you that he has a visit to Europe planned-
-at the end of this month for a business conference in Germany.
So if you could inform me by mail if it would be possible for you-
-to go to Germany at the end of this month I'll go ahead and arrange the meeting.
I will forward you his itinerary by email.
I love it, I love it!
I simply love it, man.
I thought she's gonna ask me for money. She *** asked me to meet him in Germany.
That's a bad sign. That's a really bad sign, like she wants to meet you?
What the ***?
They're gonna *** us over.
What's the harm in me going and meeting them?
You don't know what they want from you.
Either it's the girl or the guy who never appears on phone conversation.
Somebody from the scammer party, someone is gonna be there to meet us.
Anybody can show up, like people we haven't spoken with yet.
But we meet any of them!
First when we wanted to to give the phone number-
-you were like: "Oh no, don't give the phone number".
What happened? Nothing, we just spoke to her and it was exciting for the documentary.
Then she maybe gained some trust with us.
Now she's tricking us into going to Germany somewhere.
We don't know where it is around Germany, it can be like anywhere.
No, I don't think it's a good idea. It's just simple as that.
We take the small cams and we put a mic on you, like a wireless mic.
We can do anything. We can take the mics, we can take the cameras and hide it.
It can turn out to be something good, it's just like taking risk.
I had to send her my schedule last night, but the Internet wasn't working at my place.
Now we were waiting for the school to open.
We're gonna send her the email and tell her my schedule.
-And what about Benjy? -Not interested at all, not even thinking about us.
We're at school trying to send this schedule to Ms. Elizabeth *** confirming-
-our dates when we're free and can meet up Mr. Wormwood in Germany.
I'm bad with spellings.
Don't write like that!
Maybe she won't call anymore.
Why?
-Because we were laughing last conversation. -No?
I was laughing.
You were laughing, you should not laugh then now.
They call every time, we didn't do anything to *** them off.
Have you spoken to anyone about this?
We have been telling a couple of people?
Yeah, but I mean like have you been speaking with your family or..
-She's calling. -Again.
She's calling, oh no!
Mr. Wormwood will be in Dresden for a conference from the 27th to the 30th.
Now will you be coming alone or will you be accompanied by someone?
It's on the borders with Czech Republic.
It's not that far from Prague.
I didn't think it was such a big deal.
You have made it sound like such a big deal that she-
-asked me if I'm coming alone or with someone.
-But seriously! -That's okay.
No, that's not okay. That's like, what the ***?
It's just one day or two days.
Alright.
The return ticket is open, we can choose any time we want to come.
Hello?
You know it's not about the money.
I hope he doesn't kick us out of the house.
It's two hours drive from here. We're gonna take the bus, it's two hours.
It's not even a long drive.
-I didn't think it would go this far. -We can discuss it..
Let's not be rigid about anything.
If we're gonna do this we have to pull out if it gets too deep in.
That's better.
I love you, Benjamin!
Where's number five? You're behind me!
She sent me the number in the morning, they are in Germany she said.
Where are we?
Don't ask me anything right now, I'm smoking.
We have a fire alarm here, so I can not smoke inside.
We're in Germany. We will meet Mr. Wormwood tomorrow at two.
Hopefully it's gonna turn out to be good, let's see how it goes.
Excited?
Your film, your *** film "Scamming the scammers"!
Are you nervous?
I'm nervous man.
I'm gonna be *** nervous, see me in the morning.
I'm gonna be more nervous than the first time I received the phone call.
-If I turn around like this, do you see something? -Well, I do see the cable.
Hassam, can you try yours?
He can take this.
-Where do you hide it? -It's hidden, it's like inside.
This is how it's gonna be.
-We have two of those. -He has it on?
-He has the other one on. -No, I gave it to you.
-You gave this to me? -Yeah.
-It was not in the bag. -It's not in the black one?
Are you sure? You checked?
Yes, I checked it. It was not in there.
We need two microphones. What if you split up? The sound will be awful.
Olle had the other one!
Did you check my backpack?
Yeah, I checked it.
Take this *** off, man.
You're just using this as a reason to not go, man.
Can you please turn it off and look for it?
"I'm deeply sorry to inform you that Mr. Wormwood won't be able to meet you-
-as he had to leave for an urgent meeting early this morning."
What are we supposed to do now?
Can you call once again?
I've been trying to call them since morning.
Stop filming!
Hassam kinda lost interest after Dresden.
I think he took it hard that he felt tricked, he didn't like that at all.
Hassam?
You're still shooting?
Can you tell about the mail?
-Which mail? -The mail you got.
"So we did not complete the paperwork and contracts regarding-
-our investment partnership in Dresden we will need to do it by mail".
She's gonna ask for the address.
You wanna give her the address?
Which address are you gonna give?
-I'm not giving my address. -We'll figure out something but..
We shoot when you're receiving the call later, I need it for my film.
-Okay? -I can tell you right now what she's gonna say.
Yeah okay, whatever but we need to shoot the conversation. Okay?
Okay, now can I work please?
We have completed all negotiations and have reached the final contracts.
We've had them signed by all investors except for you and your company.
Do you think you can send me your postal address tonight?
It could be like a syndicate.
A syndicate means like these guys are connected to the mafia and they're like all around..
It's possible dude.
We can give this address, come on.
Come up with some other address-
-where we can receive the mail.
Someone from school maybe can give the address?
Or the schools address?
But they certainly gonna check the address whatever give them.
-How do you know? -What if they don't?
I mean, we can get lucky and they-
-don't do any research about it at all.
Are you guys sure, school's address?
Because I need to like mail her as soon as possible.
Let's do it.
You know that this is my diploma film and I wanna do it..
I'm helping you, no?
Yeah, I'm thankful for that but can you like please be..
-Can I mail her now? -Yeah.
-Stop complaining. -Okay.
So you sent the papers to Sicily and three days later-
-this girl mails and she said what? She received the application?
She received the scanned copy from European office which is Sicily.
This seems like a very international network of scam.
Well, you could go to Sicily of course but..
What if we go to that office or residential plot or whatever the *** it is..
We can send it within Sicily maybe?
No, just show up there!
When you find this place, you call this ***-
-be like: "We're in Sicily ***".
Where are you?
-It's two hundred eighty.. -289 Euros, yes!
Can you tell, Hassam? The good news.
We're on our way to school now.
Benjamin just called that he received the mail from Elizabeth ***.
So we're gonna go and check the contract documents.
Sign them, but not send them by post. We're gonna go to Sicily ourselves.
Details about the investment.
Who the hell does this, man?
This is William Wormwood and this is Elizabeth ***.
It's the same guy?
I think it's the same signatures.
They called us to Dresden, did nothing with us. They just disappeared.
Now we're gonna go to Sicily, we're gonna drive to their place.
We're gonna tell them: "Oh ***, sorry! We're more intelligent than you".
Elizabeth *** has been trying to contact me for the past three days-
-asking me about the contracts and documents that I have to send to the European office.
She's been calling me like crazy.
She's getting so desperate for the documents now.
5th April 2013.
-Three days ago, no? -Yeah, 10:22.
"Dear Steve Adams, I still haven't received any confirmation from your side-
-of receiving the partnership documents I recently sent to your office address.
I encourage if you could sign them and send them to our European Office in Italy as soon as-
-possible as the procedure is already too delayed and we are only waiting for your signatures-
-to go ahead with the investment.
Please inform me when you have sent them. If you have any questions-
-contact me on the following number during my stay in Barcelona."
5th April 2013, 21:04 in the night:
"Dear Steve Adams, I have tried to call you but due to some reason-
-you are not able to attend my calls."
6th April, 17:52.
"It has been confirmed that you have received the documents by the Czech Postal Office.
Mr. Wormwood wants to talk to you."
22:34.
"All investors are waiting for your paperwork to be received-
-and we may have to exclude you from this business."
08:11 today, and it starts..
It doesn't say even "Mr. Adams" or "Dear Adams" or whatever.
It's starting straight from, in bold letters:
"Why aren't you answering my emails and phone calls?"
Should I call her?
"Dear Mr. Adams, I still haven't received the partnership documents from you and-
-I urge you to send them or if there's some problem-
-kindly get back to me by mail or call me at the following number."
Some Spanish number..
Do you think the number is working?
I don't wanna try.
We need to leave at 6.30.
What you said?
We need to leave at 6.30.
-You have the map? -Yeah, I have the map.
This was Borgo Roccello.
-Can you look it up on a map? -Yeah.
Borgo Roccello..
We have to go back.
-The same way we drove? -No yeah, we go like three kilometers back.
There's gonna be right and we get on the green board.
Okay, grazie.
-Do you feel ill? -I just need some air.
-Is he puking? -I don't know.
I think he's puking.
-Do we have the letters? -We have the letters.
Should we just..
We need to find the street first.
He said the way I think.
-What he said? -We have to go straight and turn right from there.
-But he knew it? -Yeah yeah, he knew it.
Via Toselli.
Buseto Palizzolo, this is the place.
-This is the place? -This is the place, I'm pretty sure.
I'm pretty sure this is the place.
Go that way, the street must be there somewhere.
-Here's the sign. -Slow, slow..
-Here's a sign. -There, there..
It's the street, Via Toselli.
-Wait, wait.. -Stop, stop..
This is the street, Via Toselli.
***, man.
-Go right, go right.. -Seriously..
Go right, don't go there.
Okay, wait..
Just wait in the car and if there's something we just come back.
-776, right? -776, yeah.
-What was it? -150.
-It said 150. -150?
We have to drive a long way.
We just pass through it first-
-and we stop somewhere on the top and then we come back.
-It's gonna be really dark soon. -Okay, wait..
Slow, slow..
Slow!
-Take it easy. -Check the number.
205.
Is this still Via Toselli?
-Yeah, yeah. -Does it say so?
Wait, wait..
-Via Toselli. -Yeah.
Is this the end of the street?
Yeah.
-Is this the end of the street? -This is the end of the street.
-No. -No!
-It is. -The last was 2..
-This is another street, Via Pianoneve. -No, this can't be the end of the street.
This street ends here and here Via Pianoneve starts.
201.
There are no *** 500s, 600s, 700s here, man.
-We never checked that. -What?
We never checked, it was another..
The street was turning.
It was a small street.
There is no 776, *** 776 here.
It starts from 150, ends on 207.
How does she receive the post then, if we don't have any number?
I don't know. We're here, you can see it yourself.
This is some other street, Delle Rose.
I told you, this is some other street!
It starts from 150, it's ending on 207.
There's no *** 776 here.
It's not here. We've driven up and down the road several times. It's not here.
How can she receive mails if..
I don't know. just I don't know!
I seriously don't know.
We've been sending and she's been receiving, and there's no *** address!
There's no *** 300, there's no *** 400, 500..
Listen! We checked up the street on Google.
We checked it up on Google.
We didn't check the number.
Just the street, and the street is existing.
-Try to call her on a hilltop or something. -You had connection up there before?
I think so, I'm not sure. We can check it out.
She was asking us for a confirmation that we have sent it.
Then she just waited a while, like a few days.
What are you going to say?
I'm gonna tell that we sent the documents five days back-
-and if she says she received them then it's understood that she's lying all the time.
She never receives the post.
It's already 11.30.
Let's try again tomorrow.
We just call her tomorrow.
This is Elizabeth ***, good afternoon!
Hello, this is Steve Adams.
Oh Mr. Adams, I'm glad we finally got to talk.
I haven't had the chance to tell you that I received-
-the scanned copy of the contracts from our European office today actually.
I'm going to brief you know on how we will proceed with the investment.
What I need from you know are the bank details..
You know what?
I never sent the documents to you to your European office and-
-you still say you received them?
I went to the European office myself.
She clicked.
She clicked.
She's such a liar.
She's lying on my face.
I never send the documents, she says she received them.
Then it's over, I guess.
We'll never hear from her again.
That's the end of Elizabeth *** maybe.
That's it.
This is the furthest we can go.
Do you know who Elizabeth *** was?
There were three guys studying in a film school.
They got a mail wanting them to invest in some business.
They knew for sure that they were scammers.
They thought, why not scam them back?
They went after her from city to city, searching for her.
Talking to her for months and months and months and months.
Only realizing in the end that they were too stupid to believe that.
In this effort to scam the scammer they turned into liars themselves.
Benjamin!
He's always happy.
How is it, Benjy?
How is it?
It was good.
Since we've come back from Sicily, we've been trying to contact Elizabeth ***-
-through emails and phone, but no answer.
Two days back, randomly I contacted the same number and someone answered the phone.
We asked Pablo, one of our people from school-
-to translate what that person has to say because she's speaking Spanish.
He'll show up tonight.
Good.
You need an elevator here.
-Speaker. -This one?
It's calling?
Oh, it's no..
Elizabeth ***?
She got fooled, she paid like 200 Euros for a phone.
She said that she was getting calls from like people speaking in other languages.