Scams

Scams (Japanese: スカム, sukamu), commonly styled SCAM$, is a 2019 Japanese television drama. The series premiered on Netflix on November 6, 2019.

The story is based on the nonfiction novel Rojin Kui by Daisuke Suzuki.

Premise
Official Netflix description:
 * Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.

Cast and characters
Starring:
 * Yosuke Sugino (杉野 遥亮) as Seijitsu Kusano (草野誠実)
 * Tomoya Maeno (前野 朋哉) as Soichi Kiyomiya (清宮壮一)
 * Maika Yamamoto (山本 舞香) as Misaki Azuma (吾妻美咲)

Co-starring:
 * Junki Tozuka (戸塚 純貴) as Shotaro Tanaka (田中祥太郎)
 * Shodai Fukuyama (福山 翔大) as Tatsuya Kurusu 来栖達也
 * Ron Mizuma (水間 ロン) as Yohei Mori 杜洋平
 * Takuya Wakabayashi (若林拓也) as Taku Goriki 剛力卓
 * Asuka Hanamura (華村あすか) as Hana Tsujihime 辻姫花
 * Shuntarou Yanagi (栁俊太郎) as Onuma 小沼
 * Takashi Yamanaka (山中 崇) as Ryo Yamada 山田良
 * Masato Wada (和田正人) as Kaoru Tokugawa (毒川馨)
 * Naomi Nishida (西田 尚美) as Sachiko Kusano 草野幸子
 * Tetta Sugimoto (杉本哲太) as Tojo (東条)
 * Ryouhei Ootani (大谷亮平) as Yasushi Jinbu 神部逸

Trivia

 * The Japanese phonetic title スカム (sukamu) is typically translated as Scum.