The Real Hustle is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions demonstrating confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters, Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement. Series 1-2 were narrated by Dean Lennox Kelly. From series 3 onwards it is narrated by Steven Jackson.
The show highlights ways in which people can be swayed, systems fooled and goods or money stolen using simple psychology (with the occasional assistance of gadgets or fake props), with a view to educating the viewer in how to avoid becoming a victim. Terminology from the world of the scam artist is employed and explained, and the marks are fully informed of the cons/scams straight afterwards and repaid any money they'd lost. The show is a spin-off documentary of the BBC drama series Hustle.
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.
Video #1: Bogus Agency Scam
Agency in order to scam people into giving them money for their nonexistant services
More Videos: Airport X-Ray Steal, Proposition Bet, Winning Lottery Ticket Scam, The Delivery Charge Scam, The Window Tap.
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.
Video #1: The Wi-Fi Scam
The Hustlers set up a wireless hotspot using their laptop, but use it to steal peoples' credit card details when they connect through it.
More Videos: The Jam Auction, Fairground Scams: Balloon Darts, The Customs Seize Scam, Proposition Bet, Mind My Bag.
The team trick 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 from The Hendon Mob.
Video #1: Beating The Hendon Mob
The three Hustlers beat The Hendon Mob at their own game. But How?
More Videos: Proposition Bet, The Ring Reward Ripp-Off, The Black Money Blag, The Postman Scam.
The Real Hustle is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions demonstrating confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters, Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement. Series 1-2 were narrated by Dean Lennox Kelly. From series 3 onwards it is narrated by Steven Jackson.
