

SCAMS
Season 1
Created by: Daisuke Suzuki, Yuki Hara, Jun Tsugita
Network: MBS
Season aired: 2019-07-01
Overview
Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.
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Episodes Β· 9

Episode 1
After losing his corporate job, Makoto is broke and increasingly in debt. With no prospects and nowhere to turn, he takes up a suspicious offer.

Episode 2
Makoto begins a hellish training program for new-hires. Unlike the other trainees, he knows this work is illegal, but heβs determined to keep the job.

Episode 3
The elderly are hoarding money, and theyβre a cancer on Japan. Hearing this, Makoto throws himself into defrauding seniors, but he feels conflicted.

Episode 4
Pressured into expanding his operation, Kanbe asks Makoto to lead the team. Despite the impossibly high monthly quota, Makoto relishes his new role.

Episode 5
After a dangerous encounter with Yamada, Makoto realizes he's in too deep to quit. His increasingly suspicious mother confronts him.

Episode 6
Harassed by the elderly in her job as a home care worker, a fed up Sachiko decides to support Makoto in his misdeeds and provides him with client data.

Episode 7
Makoto fears a teammate may be connected to the burglaries targeting Sachiko's client list. He decides to call it quits once he meets his quota.

Episode 8
After finding out that Seimiya was involved in the burglaries, Dokugawa accuses Makoto of also being an accomplice.

Episode 9
As the operation crumbles, the team works to destroy all their evidence. The police are closing in, but Makoto tries to act like everything's fine.











