The Real Hustle

  • : 2006
  • : 106
  • : 55
  • BBC Three
  • 22
  • Crime Documentary

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High Stakes, Episode 1
Episode overview
09, 2008
An innocent bystander is conned into paying £2000 to stop the publication of paparazzi photos (The Sweetheart Scam). The team shows how easy it is to steal thousands of pounds of high .. show full overview
6x2
High Stakes, Episode 2
Episode overview
16, 2008
The boys demonstrate an ingenious method to sneak a marked pack of cards into a big money poker game (Lady Luck). The Pigeon Drop rips off some marks who think they've found a bag full .. show full overview
6x3
High Stakes, Episode 3
Episode overview
23, 2008
Described as the "most common scam in the world", the 419 scam is demonstrated; Jess persuades someone to hand over his car keys as security while he does her a favour by taking what he .. show full overview
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High Stakes, Episode 4
Episode overview
30, 2008
Alex poses as a talented but shy mathematician to convince people to invest in a Blackjack system; Jess steals some items from a shop by hiding them in a pregnancy dress (Bun in the .. show full overview
6x5
High Stakes, Episode 5
Episode overview
06, 2008
Paul reprises his role as a fake doctor to convince marks to bet at a fake betting shop run by the team (The Wire); Alex shoplifts by using a mark's open bag as a diversion (The False .. show full overview
6x6
High Stakes, Episode 6
Episode overview
13, 2008
The team sets up their own art gallery to sell fake art by a famous artist (Picture Perfect); Alex and Paul demonstrate ways people can steal handbags (The Handbag Hustles); and Chico is .. show full overview
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High Stakes, Episode 7
Episode overview
20, 2008
The hustlers trick two marks with an elaborate version of the Black Money Scam; Paul sets up a dodgy bureau de change (Currency Exchange Cons); and Steve Backley is challenged to a distance throwing challenge (Celebrity Con Games).
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High Stakes, Episode 8
Episode overview
27, 2008
Paul becomes Maurice the Psychic to scam unsuspecting believers into parting with their savings (The Psychic); Jess spends an evening as a barmaid to demonstrate some Cocktail Cons; and .. show full overview
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High Stakes, Episode 9
Episode overview
04, 2008
The team pose as antiques experts and manage to sell a couple their own statuette back to them (Double Take); Alex and Paul successfully perform a variant of phishing, except in the .. show full overview
6x10
High Stakes, Episode 10
Episode overview
11, 2008
A pair of marks are tricked into thinking they are buying the discs from the 2007 UK child benefit data scandal in the hope of gaining an award (The Go-between); a carefully constructed .. show full overview