The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle
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The Real Hustle

7.6 / 10
2006
11 seasons
106 episodes
RealityCrime

A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement, try out some notorious scams on ‘marks’, filmed with hidden cameras. The aim is to reveal how scams work so that the viewer can avoid being ripped off by the same con.

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  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    09-02-200629m

    The team perform the classic monte scam at the beach, bag a £600 necklace from a jewellery shop, carry out a proposition bet in a pub using three pints and three shots as well as t...

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    16-02-200629m

    Scams include overcharging for worthless packages, a proposition bet involving a shot of whisky and a shot of water, selling forged lottery tickets, stealing a laptop from an airpo...

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    23-02-200629m

    The team reveal how fake customs officers are committing daylight robbery by stripping unwitting travellers of their supposedly contraband possessions. Other scams include a pool p...

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    02-03-200629m

    The team continue their swindling spree by tricking a barman into paying a reward for a supposedly valuable ring using "the honeytrap" in the ring reward rip-off. Then they con pun...

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    09-03-200629m

    A team of professional con artists demonstrate more scams, including how to sell a hire car over and over again. They also show the process involved in duplicating bank cards, the...

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    16-03-200629m

    They claim compensation for damaged goods after orchestrating an accident, use other people's phones to call premium-rate lines, and make unsuspecting drivers pay for false parking...

  • Episode 7

    7.Episode 7

    23-03-200629m

    They obtain credit cards in a victim's name just from items found in rubbish bins, and confuse shopkeepers into giving them too much change.

  • Episode 8

    8.Episode 8

    30-03-200629m

    Show eight is the last in the first series and features the Psychic Scam, which shows how a hustler can cheat you with fake psychic powers, a demonstration of rigged dice game, a s...

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