Con Girl
In 2011, Russian gymnast Emily Sciberras tells her new best friend that her entire family has been killed in a murder-suicide, including her 15-year-old twin sister. In 2013, a distressed teenage girl with no name is found on the streets of Dublin after escaping a human trafficking ring. She is so traumatised she is unable to speak. In 2014, Aurora Hepburn, 14, appears at a clinic in Canada after escaping a terrifying kidnapper. What do these women and their chilling stories have in common? They are all fake identities, convincingly created by one Australian woman – Samantha Azzopardi – a serial con-artist who has amassed more than 75 aliases and repeatedly deceived her victims and authorities around the globe.
In this gripping limited documentary series, crossing three continents and built around the world exclusive eyewitness accounts of her victims, viewers are taken on an intriguing quest to find out who is the real Samantha Azzopardi?
Con Girl is produced by CJZ Productions for the Seven Network.
New for 2023.
Updated
From Sunday 17 September 8:45 PM double episode
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?
Premieres Sunday September 17 after The Voice.
The documentary actually aired on Paramount+ in Britain in February this year. Below is one of the reviews from that time
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The documentary premieres on Three in New Zealand this Sunday (September 24) at 8.30pm. It will air across four consecutive nights.
Synopsis for the final two episodes
Episode 3
French traveller Lucie thought she was helping with a practical joke, but she’s embroiled in a child kidnapping case in Sydney.
The “child” is then exposed as yet another identity of serial con woman Samantha Azzopardi.
Samantha’s cons are starting to accelerate. Her next target is 13-year-old aspiring model Georgia. Samantha poses as Coco the talent agent, convincing Georgia to pretend to be an abuse victim.
When Georgia’s mum Mel starts to realise all is not well, she decides to confront the con woman and defend her family at all costs.
Episode 4
Protective mother Mel confronts serial con woman Samantha Azzopardi after she traumatised Mel’s 13-year-old daughter Georgia.
Mel films the confrontation on a phone, capturing rare footage of the camera-shy Samantha.
But Samantha is now running multiple cons simultaneously and taking bigger risks. Melbourne mum Carnie is about to hire her as an au pair for her four children.
Another Melbourne family employs her as 18-year-old nanny ‘Saskia’.
Samantha secretly whisks their two small kids hundreds of kilometres away from home. Can Samantha finally be stopped before she endangers the lives of innocent children?
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