The Real Hustle

A team of real-life confidence tricksters carry out notorious scams on unsuspecting members of the general public whilst hidden cameras capture all the action.

2006 HD 29min United Kingdom English

Alexis Conran Jessica-Jane Stafford R. Paul Wilson

Crime Documentary

hidden camera cons and scams

S1E1 - Episode 1 2006-02-09

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 the keylogger scam, revealing the art of the pickpocket using mustard dip and the flat rental scam.

S1E2 - Episode 2 2006-02-16

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 airport, the window tap and conning aspiring popstars into handing over £500 to produce a tacky demo tape.

S1E3 - Episode 3 2006-02-23

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 proposition bet, the jam auction, a fairground scam, the art of the pickpocket with "mind my bag" and the wifi scam.

S1E4 - Episode 4 2006-03-02

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 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.

S1E5 - Episode 5 2006-03-09

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 ease with which counterfeit notes can be used and how `blue-jacking phones brings dividends.

S1E6 - Episode 6 2006-03-16

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

S1E7 - Episode 7 2006-03-23

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

S1E8 - Episode 8 2006-03-30

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 sneaky bar bet, a pool hustle and a romp through the rules of the real hustle - what we have learned throughout the series.

S2E1 - Episode 1 2006-09-07

First in the new series sees the team conning a delivery man into giving them his goods, making a couple in a cafe buy an supposedly expensive plate after overhearing a phone conversation and getting someone to leave a deposit on a car before making off with the car and the cash.

S2E2 - Episode 2 2006-09-14

This episodes proposition bet involves the circumference of a beer glass being longer than its height. Stealing a victims bag and then obtaining her PIN via a fake customer service line. Stealing peoples unattended bags with a hollow dummy bag.

S2E3 - Episode 3 2006-09-21

The gang steal someones car by pretending to be a valet parking service, Alex pretends to have an injured leg so as to steal watches, another proposition bet where you lift a shot glass using two coins and a waitress skimming credit cards.

S2E4 - Episode 4 2006-09-28

Jess uses a distraction technique while Alex removes the contents of there cars boot, getting free drinks by inviting marks to copy you, how a fake phone shop on a busy high street can con you out of your money, bogus security guards picking pockets instead of searching them, and a restaurant scam that guarantees a meal for the price of a cup of tea.

S2E5 - Episode 5 2006-10-05

How to steal a car with a clever bit of role playing and how a mock auction can con members of the public into buying cheap goods.

S2E6 - Episode 6 2006-10-12

The gang show us how to con members of the public into giving away credit card details via a fake charity scratch card just by saying there was a bit of mix up.

S2E7 - Episode 7 2006-10-19

The gang steel laptops by offering a free memory upgrade, they picking pockets in a cafe, hack someones wireless network and sell cheap knives with an infomercial for much more than there worth.

S2E8 - Episode 8 2006-10-26

The gang set up an fashion store, but all the clothes in it are second hand. Alex works his charms as a fake waiter and Paul dupes another punter into buying him a free drink. Also one woman gets her kitchen taken of any valuables by letting in some fake workmen.

S2E9 - Episode 9 2006-11-02

The gang clamp someones car and take a bribe to take it off, they show us how simple it is to sell non-organic produce as organic with a price rise, and Paul shows us how easy it is to con the public out of their cash in an origami scam that leaves you with half a £10 note.

S2E10 - Episode 10 2006-11-09

Alex and Paul set up a market stall that sells fake TV show props and autographs, while Jess sells bus tour vouchers to unsuspecting tourists for a bus that doesnt exist. Plus, three ways you could be short-changed after buying something.

S2E11 - Season 2, Episode 11

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S4E1 - Episode 1 2007-07-30

Alex and Jess rob a hotel room by posing as hotel employees; Jess and Paul pretend to be from a film crew, ask a mark if they can rent his car as a prop, and drive off right in front of him; Jess wins a proposition bet using three full and three empty shot glasses, then scams herself a free beauty session; the hustlers head to Ibiza to fool holidaymakers into parting with their money for some worthless purses.

S4E2 - Episode 2 2007-08-06

Alex and Jess empty a house by faking a security survey and a prize draw; in Ibiza, the team sell fake jewels; Paul wins a proposition bet involving money and your third finger; Alex swaps the padlock from a fitness club attender and clears out his locker; and the hustlers sell bogus miracle fat-busting products.

S4E3 - Episode 3 2007-08-13

The hustlers sell a fake device which supposedly adds credit to an Oyster Card; cheat in 3 card brag by marking cards and using reflections; win a proposition bet trying to knock a 10p piece off your forehead; demonstrate pickpocketing using distraction techniques; and use police costumes to sell advertising in a fake magazine.

S4E4 - Episode 4 2007-08-20

The hustlers pass counterfeit cash by previously handing shops a pen that supposedly detects counterfeit notes; demonstrate scams that a bartender can pull; get people to hand over their bank details in applying for a gym that will never be built; and show you how hustlers can cheat at the card game Gin. The proposition bet involves balancing a wine glass upright over a further two wine glasses, while none of them touch.

S4E5 - Episode 5 2007-08-27

The gang sell a car but keep a spare set of keys to steal it back (The Boomerang); install a fake cash machine to duplicate the cards and PINs of unsuspecting passers-by (The Cash Machine Con); win a proposition bet involving listing words without the letters A, B, C, J, K and M; go undercover as recruitment consultants but the only thing theyre making a career out of is identity theft (The Recruitment Scam); and demonstrate electronic devices to help beat the casino (Casino Gambling Devices).

S4E6 - Episode 6 2007-09-03

The gang pull off an escrow scan by pretending to be a trustworthy pub landlord; manage to persuade a couple to give them £200 for some worthless vouchers in the pretense of a prize draw; sell overpriced goods (for example, 100 nails described as "100 metal coat hangers") without technically lying; and use skillful sleight-of-hand techniques to beat the Blackjack table. The probability bet involves drinking a shot of rum without spilling a drop.

S4E7 - Episode 7 2007-09-10

The hustlers make up an event, hire a band, then steal their equipment; sell fake tickets for a club night in Ibiza; demonstrate a fairground pendulum game that is physically impossible to win; and deliver empty parcels, cash on delivery, to unsuspecting small businesses. The proposition bet involves balancing a glass on top of three glasses and three knives.

S4E8 - Episode 8 2007-09-17

The gang rely on the goodwill of hotel owners towards (fake) VIP guests to make them pay for worthless deliveries; play Three-card Monte to hustle some holidaymakers; park a broken down refrigerated delivery van in a residential street and need to sell its contents quickly, but sell empty boxes instead; and sell dolls house furniture to people who assume it is the full size thing on an Internet auction site. The proposition bet involves separating two glasses without touching them.

S4E9 - Episode 9 2007-09-24

The hustlers fool a white van man into thinking he has hit a pedestrian and get him to pay for her "damaged" laptop (The Flop); rip-off some holidaymakers with what looks like a very cheap exchange rate but sell them blank paper instead of cash (Exchange Rate Rip-Off); demonstrate an unfair fairground game involving throwing hoops over clothes pegs (Peg A Prize) and drive off an expensive car with a fake hotel valet parking slip (Valet Steal). The Proposition Bet involves drinking from a sherry glass (placed upside down in a larger brandy glass) without touching it with your hands.

S4E10 - Episode 10 2007-10-01

Paul takes full advantage of a hotels services (and room contents) using nothing more than an air of authority (Fake Doctor); a lure of big money for little work puts an unquestioning member of the public in a difficult position (Reshipping Scam); the Proposition Bet is that a coin cant be removed from beneath two balanced matches; the Cover The Spot fairground game is shown to be harder than it looks; and the team walk off with the personal belongings of a cafes customers in less than 3 minutes, under the pretense of storing them in a cloakroom (Get Yer Coat).

S4E11 - Episode 11 2007-10-08

The hustlers dress up as security guards, turn up at a shop which is expecting its weekly cash takings to be collected, and walk off with the loot; pose as the legitimate owners of sunloungers and collect rental fees from holidaymakers on the beach; man a rigged fun fair stall where people try and throw a ball into a basket; and pretend to be strangers and secretly collude in order to win a poker tournament. The proposition bet is to move an egg from one glass to another without touching it and without moving the glasses.

S4E12 - Episode 12 2007-10-15

The gang hire some expensive jewelry for a fake photo shoot, which comes accompanied by security guards, and walk out with it via a hidden door behind a changing curtain; and con some holidaymakers into believing they need to pay a fine for speeding. The proposition bet involves throwing a glass of beer in someones face. The episode ends with a recap of some of the cons from this series.

S7E1 - On Holiday, Episode 1 2009-05-21

Jess convinces a mark to take a teddy to her nephew in Liverpool, but it contains a surprise (The Teddy Bear Scam); Andi Peters is challenged by Alex to tear apart a phonebook faster than he can (Celebrity Con Games); Paul convinces a couple he is their taxi driver, but walks off with their luggage while they wait (The Airport Pick Up); and Jess challenges two guys in a bar to get water out of a bottle faster than she can (Proposition Bets).

S7E2 - On Holiday, Episode 2 2009-05-28

Alex and Jess helpfully direct some holidaymakers to a local car mechanic (Paul), who relieves them of their keys (The Oil Slick Scam); Mark Foster is challenged by Paul to lift five gold bricks with one hand (Celebrity Con Games); Alex and Paul pose as security alarm technicians so they can later burgle a house (The Silent Alarm Sting); Alex demonstrates how to open a bottle with a piece of paper (Proposition Bets); and the team use a fake exchange rate website as a convincer to make a couple part with their money (The Currency Swindle).

S7E3 - On Holiday, Episode 3 2009-06-04

Alex demonstrates social compliance by posing as a police officer to take some tourists passports (The Passport Cool-Out); Christian OConnell is challenged by Alex to lift a table without touching it (Celebrity Con Games); the hustlers install fake car parking signs to get people to pay by text message (The Seaside Parking Swindle); Jess challenges some people in a bar to make a knot in a tie without letting go of the ends (Proposition Bets); and Alex clones swipe-card keys in a hotel to later walk off with guests possessions (The Swipe).

S7E4 - On Holiday, Episode 4 2009-06-11

The team pay a cheque (which will bounce) to hire a boat, then ask for some of the money back in cash (The Boat Hire Scam); Angellica Bell is challenged by Jess to pick up a piece of paper placed on her feet while standing against a wall (Celebrity Con Games); Alex acts drunk in a bar in order to pick pockets (The Pushout); Paul challenges some people in a bar to stand a matchbox upright using one finger (Proposition Bets); and Alex demonstrates how wearing a high visibility jacket allows him to steal a hire car under the noses of the people who just hired it (Gone in 600 Seconds).

S7E5 - On Holiday, Episode 5 2009-06-18

Alex and Jess sell some carpets from a market, but out of sight wrap up a cheap mat instead (The Wrap Up); Alex challenges someone in a bar to place coins on a napkin without overlapping the edge (Proposition Bets); Paul takes money from tourists by pretending to provide taxis at a discount rate (The Black Cab Con); Toby Anstis is given a challenge by Paul involving frying pans (Celebrity Con Games); and the team advertise a fake nightclub and take the entrance fee from the people queuing up (The Club Night Con).

S7E6 - On Holiday, Episode 6 2009-06-25

Paul offers to take photos of tourists using their own camera, but then the camera gets swiped by Jess and Alex (The Helpful Stranger); Iwan Thomas is given a challenge by Paul involving drinks bottles (Celebrity Con Games); Alex poses as a hotel manager to get guests key cards from them (The Hotel Room Rip-Off); Jess challenges someone in a bar to float a cork in the centre of a glass of water with it drifting to the edge (Proposition Bets); and the team offer a free locker service in a busy shopping centre, then take all the lockers away complete with their contents (The Lock-Up).

S7E7 - On Holiday, Episode 7 2009-07-02

Alex uses sleight of hand to swap keys for a left luggage locker to later steal its contents (The Bus Station Steal); Michael Underwood is challenged by Jess to knock over a golf tee on a pool table (Celebrity Con Games); Jess uses a pushy attitude to force lucky heather on people in the street, but is actually picking their pockets (The Unlucky Heather Hustle); Paul bets that he can get over a hundred drops of wine out of a drained wine bottle (Proposition Bets); and Paul and Jess sell stolen theatre tickets to people in a bar (We Will We Will Rob You Scam).

S7E8 - On Holiday, Episode 8 2009-07-09

The team manufacture fake international phone cards that use premium rate phone lines (The Phone Home Hustle); Lisa Maffia is challenged to fold a large sheet of paper in half more than eight times (Celebrity Con Games); Paul poses as a car park attendant to sell bogus parking tickets to tourists (Superpass); Alex demonstrates how to put a balloon in a flame without it bursting (Proposition Bets); and Jess shows how giving a cheap gift to some people renting a holiday cottage helps her obtain £200 from them as a so-called deposit (The Gift Basket Con).

S7E9 - On Holiday, Episode 9 2009-07-16

Paul demonstrates how easy it is to switch a genuine bank note with a fake one (The Counterfeit Con); Alex rotates a glass twice in his hand without relaxing his grip (Proposition Bets); Jess steals the car from some people who help her change a tyre (The Good Samaritan Scam); Liz McClarnon is challenged to stand a bottle upright using a fork (Celebrity Con Games); and Alex and Jess never quite let marks win the big prizes in a fairground game (Lucky Tickets).

S7E10 - On Holiday, Episode 10 2009-07-23

Paul poses as a hotel bellboy to relieve some guests of their bags (The Hotel Check Out); Joel Beckett is challenged to knock a coin balanced on a pool ball outside a circle (Celebrity Con Games); Paul and Jess run a fairground game that you can never win (Razzle Dazzle); and Jess wins a bar bet using Möbius strips (Proposition Bets).

S11E1 - Episode 1 2012-01-27

Ex-Boyzone member Shane Lynch goes undercover as a tramp to help pull off a devious heist.

S11E2 - Episode 2 2012-02-03

The Only Way Is Essex star Sam Faiers goes undercover as an ex-wife to help the Hustlers con a mark into buying part of the divorce settlement - husband Alexs flash sports car.

S11E3 - Episode 3 2012-02-10

Radio 1 DJ Nihal helps con two unsuspecting marks into buying a bronze sculpture.

S11E4 - Episode 4 2012-02-17

TV presenter Laura Hamilton helps the Hustlers scam a mark whos accused of stealing cash.

S11E5 - Episode 5 2012-02-24

Shameless and EastEnders star Jody Latham helps the Hustlers pull off a gambling scam.

S11E6 - Episode 6 2012-03-02

Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson helps pull off a real-life game of Grand Theft Auto.

S11E7 - Episode 7 2012-03-09

Ex-Hollyoaks star Marcus Patrick joins the team in a con involving some buried treasure.

S11E8 - Episode 8 2012-03-16

Ex-Coronation Street star Lucien Laviscount joins the team for an antiques-based con.

S11E9 - Episode 9 2012-03-23

Former Blue Peter Presenter Konnie Huq joins the Hustlers in a scam involving time-share deals on a Scottish castle.

S11E10 - Busted 2012-03-30

Even the very best con artists make mistakes sometimes and this episode exposes what happens when scams go wrong. Guest hustlers, boxer Joe Calzaghe, and EastEnders star, Sid Owen, get involved in a crazy con set in the world of vintage stamps that turns out to be the strangest scam in the history of the Real Hustle.

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