Australian-born Samantha Azzopardi is a serial con artist with over 75 different aliases, and the true crime documentary Con Girl tells her perplexing story.

Azzopardi has committed crimes all over the world, and her crimes are bizarre, to say the least. She’s posed as a young victim of a trafficking ring who refused to talk, as well as a 15-year-old gymnast with a Russian background when she was actually 23. These are just two of Azzopardi’s huge list of cons.

Con Girl explores many of Azzopardi’s different aliases and crimes, and provides eyewitness accounts of her victims. It takes viewers on a gripping quest to find out who is the real Samantha and why she did what she did.

Why is Samantha Azzopardi so well known?

Undoubtedly Azzopardi’s most high-profile con was her as ‘GPO girl’. She made international headlines in 2013 when she was found outside an Irish Post Office. She wouldn’t speak, but hand signalled to the police that she was 14 years old – earning her the GPO (general post office) girl nickname.

She was taken to Temple Street Children’s Hospital where a series of psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors and child welfare workers tried to figure out who she was to no avail. After communicating purely through drawings, it was assumed that the GPO girl was a victim of sex trafficking.

In a bid to find out who she was, the police asked the High Court for permission to release a grainy photo of the girl – who, at the time, was believed to be underage – and it was granted. When the photo was released to the media it was discovered that Azzopardi was an Australian woman who was actually 25.

How can I watch Con Girl?

The intriguing true crime documentary will air over two nights starting Sunday, 17 September on Channel 7 and 7plus at 8:45pm.

Is there a trailer?

There is! You can watch it below.

Con Girl airs on September 17 on Channel 7 and 7plus at 8:45pm.

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