'I make people richer than god': Madoff trailer shows Richard Dreyfuss as disgraced fraudster Bernie alongside Blythe Danner as Ruth

Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss stars as disgraced investment fraudster Bernie Madoff in a new miniseries hitting TV screens in February.

The trailer for Madoff was released on Friday, giving a sneak peek at the TV special which follows the rise and spectacular fall of the former stockbroker, culminating in his incarceration in 2009.

Dreyfuss, 68, delivers the line: 'People give me their money and I make them richer than God' in the dramatic clip. 

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Sneak peek: In the Madoff trailer released on Friday, Richard Dreyfuss stars as notorious investment fraudster Bernie Madoff who was jailed in 2009

The actor narrates the preview to explain how he became responsible for a Ponzi scheme considered the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.

Blythe Danner, 72, stars as Madoff's wife Ruth, while his late sons Mark and Andrew are played by Tom Lipinski and Danny Deferrari respectively.

The financier is seen securing deals as the voice-over says: 'You want to know how to get people to trust you with their money? 

Scheming: In the clip Dreyfuss delivers the line: 'You want to know how to get people to trust you with their money?'

True events: Blythe Danner stars as Bernie's wife, Ruth Madoff

Swindling: Madoff was responsible for a Ponzi scheme considered the largest in U.S history

'You present it as an exclusive thing. Nothing on Earth makes people want something more than telling them they can't have it.'

The owner of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC is seen leaning in as he tells a prospective investor: 'It's a closed fund'

Suited up, the money man is also seen in a boardroom as he says: 'I'm a rain maker - I make it rain' with a wide grin. 

'It's a closed fund' He says to an investor as he explains his deals are exclusive

'Nothing on earth makes people want something more than telling them they can't have it' Dreyfuss as Madoff is heard saying

He also brags 'People give me their money and I make them richer than God' 

As the drama unfolds, the businessman is seen admitting to his family that he has lost $50 billion while in another scene he snaps 'someone turned me in!' 

Ruth is seen sitting helplessly as the FBI scour the family home and her son Mark (Lipinski) yells down the phone at her 'If you want to save yourself mom, let him rot in jail where he belongs'

The miniseries is based on the true events that unfolded after Madoff's sons turned him in to authorities in 2008.

He was eventually jailed a year later for 150 years - the maximum sentence allowed in the federal system. 

'I'm a rain maker - I make it rain' The investment advisor is seen saying in a boardroom

Danner delivers the line: 'I'm the vice president and all I do is hire the decorators'

'Lives are going to be destroyed'  Tom Lipinski stars as Madoff's son Mark and Danny Deferrari as his son Andrew

Drama: When asked how much he's lost, the financier replies '$50 billion' as the trailer gets more tense 

Investigators dismissed Madoff's claims he started the fraudulent activity in the 1990s and say it had been going on since the mid-1980s and maybe even as far back as the 1970s.

The Madoff investment scandal defrauded thousands of investors of billions of dollars. 

His clients reportedly lost almost almost $65 billion from 4,800 accounts.

'Someone turned me in': The FBI descends after Madoff's fraud is revealed to authorities

Madoff's son Mark (Lipinski) is seen yelling at his mother: 'If you want to save yourself mom, let him rot in jail where he belongs'

Paying for his crimes: Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in jail in 2009

Coming soon: Madoff premieres in February on ABC

Madoff's son Mark committed suicide in 2010, exactly two years to the day Madoff was arrested. Andrew died after a long battle with lymphoma in 2014.

In 2013 Madoff suffered a heart attack in his North Carolina prison and is also reportedly suffering kidney cancer as reported by CNBC. 

Madoff premieres February 3 on ABC. 

Locked up: Madoff (pictured January 2009) was turned in by his sons in 2008 after he confessed the fraud to them. He suffered a heart attack in jail in 2013 and is also reportedly suffering from kidney cancer

Long suffering: Ruth Madoff is pictured during CBS's 60 Minutes in 2011 where she admitted the couple attempted suicide after his scheme was uncovered