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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alex Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement demonstrate more scams practised by professional swindlers. 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 tickets.
Alex Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement demonstrate more scams practised by professional swindlers. 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.
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.
Prog incl fake warehouse employees who grab thousands of pounds worth of goods with the aid of just a trolley, a pick pocket scam where a wallet is switched for a worthless newspaper, a car sale which leaves one man seriously out of pocket alone in an empty house and a bar proposition bet guaranteed to earn free drinks.
This edition follows the team as they reconstruct common but clever cons such as the ATM card switch; using a long stick to remove items from a house while the owners sleep upstairs; and a bar bet which guarantees free drinks every time. They also catch up with legendary former master forger Frank Abagnale and convince a 'mark' to disclose her pin number after having swiped her bag and purse.
Tricks incl stealing watches from unsuspecting public, card cloning and bar bet which guarantees free drinks every time, selling cheap face cream disguised as expensive organic beauty products, valet steal which can cost you your car.
Paul, Alex and Jess show in this episode how easy it is to get into the boot of your car with a bit of clever distraction and how a phone shop on a busy high street can con you out of your money. They disguse themelves as security guards and then steal your posessions, and demonstrate a restaurant scam that will guarantee you a very cheap meal.
In this prog, the team show how easy it is to steal a car with a clever bit of role playing; how a mock auction can con members of the public into buying cheap goods; selling fake dancing dolls for a big profit; and why never to accept a bet from strangers in a pub.
In this prog, the hustlers trick someone in buying a fake charity scratch card, and get her credit card details and make her spend a fortune on premium rate phone lines. Paul and Alex demonstrate some pickpocket techniques on a bus and expose an 'impossible to win' fairground stall that still pulls in the punters
Alexis Conran shows how simple it is to steal valuables from jackets in a busy bar. Plus how an infomercial can glamourize & help sell a box of useless knives.
In this edition, the team set up a shop selling 'vintage' clothing. But what customers don't realise, is that their 'vintage' purchases are in fact worthless second hand clothes. Alex works his charms as a fake waiter and Paul dupes another punter into buying him a free drink. One woman learns never to let bogus workmen into her house, and the hustlers expose an ATM scam that could leave your bank account empty. Plus, Alex works as a fake waiter, and Paul dupes a punter into buying him a drink. A woman learns never to let bogus workmen into her home; and the team expose an ATM scam that could leave one's bank account empty.
The episode uncovers a car clamping scam that would leave you 50 pounds out of pocket. The hustlers show how easy it is to sell non-organic produce at a mark up & Paul shows an origami scam that leaves you with a worthless tenner.
Jessica Clement shows how easy it is to make a profit touting nonexistent bus tour vouchers to tourists, while Alex Conran and Paul Wilson set up a market stall selling fake showbiz memorabilia and dodgy autographs.
This Christmas special sheds light on some of the most devious scams committed during the season of good will.
Alex and Paul sell games consoles at cheap prices to get some lads to give them their cash. Also Jess and Alex use a hotel to steal someone's credit card details just by overhearing their name and room number.
Alex sells a wallet full of fake money for a fistful of real cash in The Drop Swindle and Jess rips off unsuspecting tourists by flogging them something completely worthless. Alex pretends to be a concierge and makes off with luggage outside a hotel. Alex and Paul get a dog from the dog's home and sell it for £200.
Jess poses as a barmaid in a pub to con people into giving her money. Paul gets a neighbouring table to pay for his bill in a restaurant. Jess signs up passers-by to an expensive text message service. Paul and Alex stack the deck in a game of drunken poker to fleece their opponents.
Paul accidentally overpays for a shop purchase with his last cheque and convinces the proprietor to refund the difference in cash, but the cheque is going to bounce. Alex reconfigures mobiles phones causing them to ring premium phone lines belonging to the hustlers. Paul and Alex use controlled dice shots and hustling techniques to win at backgammon. Jess walks into a high street computing store to steal expensive software off of the display Macintosh computers.
The hustlers demonstrate pickpocketing techniques while crossing the road. Paul sells an envelope of worthless newspaper to some students, fooling them that it is full of cash. Paul and Alex demonstrate social compliance by posing as policeman investigating suspected stolen goods, only to steal the goods themselves. They also use loaded dice to scam other gamblers in a casino.
Paul uses sleight of hand to steal an expensive watch from a jeweller's shop while Alex and Jess distract the owner with a fake argument. Alex cons restaurants by pretending his tie was stained with wine, then increases the amount written on the cheques. Alex and Paul dress as police to steal someone's car and also show us that it can be used to get into the cinema as well and then use late betting to rip-off a roulette wheel.
Alex and Paul pose as gas installers and rip off unsuspecting householders. Jess hacks a cash machine to double her money. All three hustlers use an elaborate series of coordinated scams against a restaurant to get a free lunch, Paul and Alex use memory, observational, and mathematical techniques to win at Blackjack.
Paul and Alex sell expensive camcorders from a white van but the buyers are shocked to find they are not that expensive. The gang con a pub into letting them take away a fruit machine in plain sight. Alex, posing as a respectable restaurant owner, sells one bottle of cheap champagne for £240. Alex and Paul steal chips from other players in a casino.
Alex and Jess burgle 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 then steal it. Jess scams herself a free beauty session by pretending her bag had gone missing and Paul uses some purses for a game of chance in Ibiza.
In Ibiza, the team sell fake jewels and then steal a whole house worth of contents by sending the owners off to a prize dinner and launch their own fat-busting products which obviously don't work.
Jess and Paul sell fake devices which supposedly tops up an Oyster card. The team cheat in 3 card brag by marking cards and using coffee reflections. Next they pickpocket a tourist at a public phone booth, steal a bag in an internet cafe using distraction, and use police costumes to sell advertising to a bakery.
The gang launder counterfeit cash by previously handing the shop a pen that supposedly detects counterfeit notes and then demonstrate scams that a bartender can pull. Alex and Jess get people to queue up to buy a Gym membership to a Gym that will never exist and Paul shows you how to win at a game of Gin.
The team show how a hustler can turn a second hand car into the gift that keeps on giving; there's the cash machine which gives you your card back after copying your details. Paul and Jess steal identities by setting themselves up as fake recruitment consultants.
The hustlers reveal how prize-draw winners can be left empty handed and out of pocket; Alex sells a motorbike and then steals it back while the buyer goes back in the pub; Paul and Jess set up a stand in a shopping centre and use people expectations to sell junk; and the boys show us how to use slight of hand to win at Blackjack.
In Ibiza, they gang organise an exclusive concert and steal the band's instruments. Paul cheats at the funfair and exposes a very clever fairground con, and Jess makes someone pay for a package by pretending to speak to their boss.
Alex and Paul pose a fishmongers to sell boxes of ice and the gang go to Ibiza to steal holidaymaker's money in the Three Card Monte while Jess steals there purses and wallets. Paul sells a chair on the internet but forgets to tell them the dimensions, plus, how a posh accent could make you rich
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out some devious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras.
In Ibiza, the gang pass off counterfeit cash, sell pretty but worthless gems, get punters to pay for non-existent debts and help themselves to a constant supply of cameras, passports, cash and bags.
Back in the UK, Jess makes 200 pounds by convincing someone she's just been run over and Alex passes himself off as a peer of the realm.
The participants featured in The Real Hustle have either been set up by their family and friends or believe that they are participating in another television programme. After they have been hustled for real any monies or property taken during the hustle are returned to them and their consent for the item to be broadcast is obtained so that viewers can avoid being ripped off by the same scam.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out some devious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras.
They fleece the customers in a bar by running a fake cloakroom. Also, Paul impersonates a top surgeon to avoid paying a massive hotel bill and Alex takes the punters for a ride at the fairground. Plus, how flyers advertising a chance to earn easy money can land you in jail.
The participants featured in The Real Hustle have either been set up by their family and friends or believe that they are participating in another television programme. After they have been hustled for real any monies or property taken during the hustle are returned to them and their consent for the item to be broadcast is obtained so that viewers can avoid being ripped off by the same scam.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out some devious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras.
Alex and Paul get twitchy round the poker table and beat dozens of players to take the pot in their biggest poker scam yet. The gang hit the beach in Ibiza to pull off a classic distraction steal, and Jess uncovers the tricks of unscrupulous stall holders at the fairground.
The participants featured in The Real Hustle have either been set up by their family and friends or believe that they are participating in another television programme. After they have been hustled for real any monies or property taken during the hustle are returned to them and their consent for the item to be broadcast is obtained so that viewers can avoid being ripped off by the same scam.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out devious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras.
The gang set an elaborate speed trap for a couple hiring a car on holiday and show how, under the very noses of security guards, expensive diamonds can disappear in a flash at a bogus photo shoot. Plus how to stay off the Hustlers' hit list, as the golden rules of con artists are revealed.
The participants featured in The Real Hustle have either been set up by their family and friends or believe that they are participating in another television programme. After they have been hustled for real any monies or property taken during the hustle are returned to them and their consent for the item to be broadcast is obtained so that viewers can avoid being ripped off by the same scam.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out notorious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras. The hustlers show just how easy it is to steal thousands of pounds of high value goods from right under the nose of a top hotel; Jess takes a man for 2,000 pounds in cash in the sweetheart scam; and a celebrity is challenged to a round of golf in Celebrity Con Games.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out notorious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras.
The hustlers demonstrate how lady luck is always on their side in a high stakes Harley Street poker game. We see how easy it is to dupe a couple out of hundreds of pounds in cash through a quick pub set up, and Joanna Page is the victim at the mercy of Jess in Celebrity Con Games.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out notorious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras.
They carry out the classic 419 Scam and make a quick 5,000 pounds from a totally unsuspecting couple in the process. Jess shows us just how unfair The Unfair Exchange really can be, by driving off with someone else's car. Once again another celebrity is duped in the ever popular Celebrity Con Games.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Jess persuades a well-meaning tourist to take a gift through international customs, a good deed that could lead to him spending the rest of his life in jail.
Paul demonstrates how the unwary traveller can be separated from their luggage in a matter of minutes and Alex pulls a fast one on TV presenter Andi Peters by challenging him to the seemingly impossible task of ripping a phonebook in half.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
The gang show how a holiday can turn into a nightmare when they sabotage a tourist's car and they rip off airport passengers by selling them foreign currency at a suspiciously good exchange rate.
Commonwealth Games swimming champion Mark Foster is in at the deep end in a Celebrity Con Games.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
The gang show how trusting a foreign policeman could leave you stranded abroad without a passport. Jess demonstrates how an hour's parking could cost travellers their savings in the Seaside Parking Swindle.
DJ Christian O'Connell is given a challenge he can't win - to lift a table off the ground without touching it - in Celebrity Con Games.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Alex poses as a famous footballer with Jess as his WAG to pull a fast one on an exclusive yacht hire company on the Costa Del Sol. Alex steals an expensive hire car in under 10 minutes, using just a hi-viz jacket and a clipboard.
TV presenter Angellica Bell finds out there's no such thing as a free lunch when you go out for an expensive meal in Celebrity Con Game.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Alex and Jess pose as stall holders selling carpets in a Spanish street market, but the buyers are in for a nasty surprise when they get home to unwrap their bargains.
The hustlers ruin a good night out when they steal money from every customer attending a new nightclub.
DJ Toby Anstis finds out why you never accept a wager from professional con artists in Celebrity Con Game.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Alex, Paul and Jess demonstrate how three hustlers and a scooter can separate a tourist from their valuables so fast they don't realise what has happened, and Paul checks out the contents of a four star hotel room while its occupants are out enjoying their holiday.
Athlete Iwan Thomas is tripped up in a Celebrity Con Game - could he be the first to actually win the ten pound bet?
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Jess exposes the sinister side to friendly strangers selling lucky heather, which could end up costing unwitting tourists much more than just one pound.
TV presenter Michael Underwood is snookered in the latest Celebrity Con Game, and some fans of musicals have their evening in the West End ruined in the 'We Will We Will Rob You' scam.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Paul sets up a kiosk in a Spanish holiday resort, planning to ruin tourists' holidays by selling phonecards that will cost customers an absolute fortune.
Jess makes holidaymakers feel right at home in a rented cottage by scamming them out of all their spending money.
Rapper Lisa Maffia is no match for the hustlers in a Celebrity Con Game.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Paul pulls a fast one on British tourists by switching their real money for fake notes. Atomic Kitten Liz McClarnon has ten pounds scammed out of her purse in the Celebrity Con Game. Jess has a flat tyre so she just steals another one from a helpful stranger.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.
Paul demonstrates the Razzle, the most crooked fairground game in history. Ex-EastEnder Joel Beckett chalks up a 10-pound loss in a pool hustle. The hustlers' holiday is ending, but that doesn't stop them picking up other people's suitcases on their way to the airport.
Alex, Paul and Jess go shopping for sports cars and drive away with a big pay day
Alex, Paul and Jess go deep undercover to scam a charity banquet.
Some cafe customers looking for help get turned over by PC Alex.
Two student flat hunters get stung by some hustling estate agents and a doctor.
Jess fights the law to fleece some film fans. Iain Lee becomes a celebrity hustler.
Two student flat hunters get stung by some hustling estate agents and a doctor.
One innocent-seeming text leads to the hustlers driving away in a man's pride and joy.
Polly Parsons and Jazz Lintott join Jess Clement, Alexis Conran and Paul Wilson in their mission to expose cons and crimes that catch the public out on a regular basis. Former Emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallet goes undercover to help the hustlers steal from a watch store
Singer Gareth Gates poses as a stock-market trader and tries to convince a victim that she is dealing with a legitimate financial company with advance information about share prices. Polly Parsons and Jazz Lintott join forces to con a businessman out of his possessions.
Former EastEnder Joe Swash poses as a member of a film crew to persuade the staff of a shop to lend him a shipment of flat-screen TVs, as part of an elaborate sting involving a `biohazard containment zone'. Jess Clement also cons a car buyer into purchasing an unsafe vehicle.
Dance act Diversity's frontman Ashley Banjo poses as an art-gallery worker in a bid to persuade his victim that a painting will triple in price in a matter of days. Paul Wilson and Polly Parsons join forces to demonstrate the dangers of leaving expensive camera equipment on display.
Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding goes undercover to persuade a student to invest in gold chains that are being sold off after their use on a film shoot. Plus, Polly Parsons and Jazz Lintott demonstrate the dangers of using sensitive websites while connected to a free wi-fi network.
Former Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn offers to sell three watches to a member of the public for the wholesale price. Paul Wilson poses as a security guard for a shopping precinct and informs a customer that a new TV she has just bought does not really belong to her.
TV and radio presenter Colin Murray goes undercover as a magazine journalist and cons a card player by persuading him to cheat in a private poker game. Meanwhile, Jess Clement offers a homeowner the chance to try out the latest TV technology for free, but the deal has a catch.
TV presenters Colin and Justin go undercover as wealthy landowners to persuade a member of the public that she can join the ranks of nobility by purchasing a small plot. Plus, Jess Clement and Polly Parsons pose as holidaymakers returning to the UK and try to procure taxi money from the residents of a suburban neighbourhood.
Shane Lynch goes undercover as a tramp as he tries to help the team pull off a devious heist. Pretending to be a fraud investigator, he manages to convince a mark that he has already been conned by Alex and Jess
The Only Way Is Essex star Sam Faiers poses as a bitter ex-wife trying to sell her former husband's sports car as part of a divorce settlement. Plus, Paul, Alex and Polly enlist the help of a dog to make a stranger regret the day he agreed to look after someone else's bags.
Sam Faiers joins the team this week when she poses as a bitter ex-wife who is wreaking revenge on her former husband, who is played by Alex.
Laura Hamilton joins the team this week as she tries to help them pull off a devious scam involving a mark being accused of stealing money from Jess.
Jody Latham joins the team in a con this week starring Alex as the Mad Greek, a compulsive gambler who just can’t help betting on anything.
Gemma Atkinson joins the team this week to help them attempt the biggest money heist they have ever attempted. It's a game of Grand Theft Auto with over £500,000 worth of supercars at stake.
Marcus Patric joins the team this week to take part in a con which involves some buried treasure and a mark who doesn't want to play ball.
Lucien Laviscount joins the team this week when he takes part in a devious con in the antiques world.
Konnie Huq joins the team this week in a get-rich-quick con that seems just too good to be true.
The best con artists can even make mistakes and this episode looks at what happens when things go wrong. Joe Calzaghe and Sid Owen get involved in a odd con set in the world of vintage stamps.