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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    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.

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  2. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #2 - Episode 6

    S2:E6

    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.

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  3. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    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.

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  4. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Episode 5

    S2:E5

    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.

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  5. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    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.

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  7. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #7 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    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.

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  8. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    The gang steal someone's 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.

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  9. The Real Hustle Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Episode 3

    S3:E3

    Jess cons people into giving her money in a pub by posing as a barmaid. Paul gets a neighbouring table to pay for his bill in a restaurant. Alex wins a proposition bet involving a £20 note and a beer bottle. Jess signs up unsuspecting passers-by to an expensive text message service by asking to borrow their mobile phones by pretending she needs to send an important, but ordinary text; she actually subscribes them. Paul and Alex win big by stacking the deck in a game of drunken poker.

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  10. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    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.

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  11. The Real Hustle Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    6.5/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Episode 1

    S3:E1

    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.

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  12. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    6.4/10(12 votes)

    #13 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Episode 9

    S2:E9

    The gang clamp someone's 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.

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  15. The Real Hustle Season 4 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #15 - Episode 7

    S4:E7

    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.

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  16. The Real Hustle Season 5 Episode 1 - Las Vegas, Episode 1
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Las Vegas, Episode 1

    S5:E1

    The gang decide it's time to hit Las Vegas in this latest series. The gang take $80,000 worth of jewellery with the help of disguise, Jess shows you how to double your money and they show you how Casino staff can steal your chips while playing.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Episode 7

    S2:E7

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

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  18. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    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.

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  19. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    6.2/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Episode 10

    S2:E10

    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 doesn't exist. Plus, three ways you could be short-changed after buying something.

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  20. The Real Hustle Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    6.2/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Episode 6

    S3:E6

    Alex and Jess fake an argument in a jeweller's shop allowing Paul to use sleight of hand to steal an expensive watch. Alex cons restaurants by pretending his tie was stained with wine, then increases the amount written on the cheques. Alex wins a proposition bet with a pedantic definition of the phrase "in thirty seconds". Paul and Alex demonstrate social compliance by posing as police officers. Alex and Paul use past posting to rip-off a roulette wheel.

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  21. The Real Hustle Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Episode 7

    S3:E7

    Paul and Alex pose as gas installers and rip off unsuspecting householders. Jess hacks into a cash machine to double her money. Paul wins a proposition bet involving a saucer of liquid and some matches. All three hustlers get a free lunch with an elaborate series of coordinated scams against a restaurant. Paul and Alex use memory, observational, and mathematical techniques to win at Blackjack.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Real Hustle Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    6.0/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Real Hustle Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    6.0/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Real Hustle Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    6.0/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Episode 2

    S3:E2

    Alex drops a wallet full of Euros in the Drop Swindle. Jess fills a bag with leaflets in the tourist information centre and sells them to marks as discount packs. Paul gets free drinks by putting a 10p through a hole in a £10 note which only seems large enough for a 5p. 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 by tricking the buyer into thinking that it is of a valuable pedigree breed.

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  25. The Real Hustle Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    6.0/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Episode 2

    S4:E2

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Real Hustle". It scored 6.9/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/7/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 6".