Series
The Real Hustle
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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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 8 epS2 · 10 epS3 · 8 epS4 · 12 epS5 · 8 epS6 · 10 epS7 · 10 epS8 · 10 epS9 · 10 epS10 · 10 epS11 · 10 ep
1Episode 19 Feb 2006 · 29mThe 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 the keylogger scam, revealing the art of the pickpocket using mustard dip and the flat rental scam.
2Episode 216 Feb 2006 · 29mScams 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 airport, the window tap and conning aspiring popstars into handing over £500 to produce a tacky demo tape.
3Episode 323 Feb 2006 · 29mThe team reveal how fake customs officers are committing daylight robbery by stripping unwitting travellers of their supposedly contraband possessions. Other scams include a pool proposition bet, the jam auction, a fairground scam, the art of the pickpocket with "mind my bag" and the wifi scam.
4Episode 42 Mar 2006 · 29mThe 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 punters at a car-boot sale into buying worthless scraps of paper, perform a proposition bet in a cafe, show the postman scam in the art of the pickpocket and deceive three professional poker players.
5Episode 59 Mar 2006 · 29mA 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 ease with which counterfeit notes can be used and how `blue-jacking' phones brings dividends.
6Episode 616 Mar 2006 · 29mThey 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 tickets.
7Episode 723 Mar 2006 · 29mThey obtain credit cards in a victim's name just from items found in rubbish bins, and confuse shopkeepers into giving them too much change.
8Episode 830 Mar 2006 · 29mShow 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 sneaky bar bet, a pool hustle and a romp through the rules of the real hustle - what we have learned throughout the series.
Details
- First aired
- 9 Feb 2006
- Last aired
- 30 Mar 2012
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Three
- Episodes
- 106
- Votes
- 14 on TMDB
Cast
Jessica-Jane StaffordSelf - Host- AAlexis ConranSelf - Host
R. Paul WilsonSelf - Host
