
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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Air Date: 2006-02-09
The team perform the classic monte scam at the beach, bag a £600 necklace from a jewellery shop, carry out a proposit...
Air Date: 2006-02-16
Scams include overcharging for worthless packages, a proposition bet involving a shot of whisky and a shot of water, ...
Air Date: 2006-02-23
The team reveal how fake customs officers are committing daylight robbery by stripping unwitting travellers of their ...
Air Date: 2006-03-02
The team continue their swindling spree by tricking a barman into paying a reward for a supposedly valuable ring usin...
Air Date: 2006-03-09
A team of professional con artists demonstrate more scams, including how to sell a hire car over and over again. They...
Air Date: 2006-03-16
They claim compensation for damaged goods after orchestrating an accident, use other people's phones to call premium-...
Air Date: 2006-03-23
They obtain credit cards in a victim's name just from items found in rubbish bins, and confuse shopkeepers into givin...
Air Date: 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 wit...