Moon hoax enthusiasts point out different facts and come from different camps. I will list their arguments, I have no side, I am open minded, most of the arguments can be refuted, I am just trying to answer your question :)

The most important movie on this subject is "The Dark Side of the Moon", you can find it on Youtube. Its stance is that Stanley Kurbick filmed the fake moon landing in a studio at president Nixon's request.

Actual arguments are.

-Why did the American flag appear to be moving in the wind when in fact on the Moon there is no air
-The deaths of 10 people involved in the space program is often referred to as cover up and was presented by a famous FOX documentary on the moon hoax
-If we went to the moon 40 years ago, why havent we gone back??
-Who filmed the take off of the Apollo spacecraft from the moon? The camera actually moves to watch the ship fly away so, considering the delay in commands, it would have been difficult to stear manually from Earth
-Pictures from the moon landing have misleading shadows, as if filmed under the light of film studio lights, with shadows going in different directions
-The flag appears perfectly lit even though its "front" should be on the shadow side
-In all the moon landing pictures there are no stars, even though it would appear that on the moon, having almost no atmosphere, the stars would appear brighter
-There is no crater below the Apollo after landing or take off, wouldnt the blast of a jet engine that brought the vehicle from Earth to the Moon leave a mark? Also it weighed 17 tons and left less of a mark than the famous footprint?
-The Van Allen belts, scientists argue that it is unknown what the radiation of the Van Allen belts would do to humans, but most likely they would kill them immeadiately and no suit or protection known to us even today can protect us against them
-Technology, similar to why havent we been back? Actually someone who used to work for NASA once told a relative of mine that with todays technologies and efforts it would be impossible to get to the moon... The man knows more than some of us I guess.
-There was also an issue with the moon photos that some of them had suspicious markings on them
-The moon rover apparently left no tracks and also looks fake in some of the video footage, as if fast forwarded after an Earth video shooting, keep in mind the gravity on the moon is much lower

I dont know wether the landing was fake, but I like to keep an open mind. Some arguments are interesting but most have been proved wrong. However more interesting I find the reactions of some of the space astronauts reactions to interviews with conspiracy theorists, they seem to get really worked up every time and act a tad suspicious. Again who knows, would be the greates bs story of all time. And if anyone could do it, it would be the USA.

AGAIN, I am not saying it was fake, but you asked what the arguments are, so that is a list of the arguments I found.
Source(s):
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/moon.htm
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23Feb_2.htm
Previous research because the topic interested me

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