Series 1 (2006)
| No | # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 9 February 2006 (9 February 2006) |
| The team performs the classic monte scam at the beach (The Monte), Paul and Alex steal a necklace by pretending to catch a counterfeiter (The Jewellery Shop Scam), and a proposition bet involves three shots and three pints, steal information from your computer using a keylogger (the keylogger scam), pick someone's pocket using a packet of mustard (the mustard dip), and steal deposits by renting a flat they don't own. | |||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 16 February 2006 (16 February 2006) |
| Scams include overcharging for worthless packages (the postal scam), a proposition bet to swap a shot of whisky with a shot of water, selling forged lottery tickets (the lottery scam), stealing a laptop from an airport using an x-ray machine and a lookalike laptop bag, steal a bag by distracting a mark with a window tap (the window tap) and conning aspiring popstars into handing over £500 to produce a tacky demo tape (the bogus agency scam). | |||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 23 February 2006 (23 February 2006) |
| The team reveal how fake customs officers are committing daylight robbery by stripping unwitting travellers of their supposedly contraband possessions (the customs seize scam), a pool proposition bet to test who can get a pool ball further by pushing down on the ball, the jam auction, run a "pop the balloon" booth at a fairground, steal a laptop by asking someone to mind one of the hustler's bag (mind my bag) and steal credit card information by offering a wifi network that seems legit (the wifi scam). | |||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 2 March 2006 (2 March 2006) |
| The team trick a barman into paying a reward for a supposedly valuable ring using "the honeytrap" (the ring reward rip-off). Then they con punters at a car-boot sale into buying worthless scraps of paper in a Black money scam, perform a proposition bet that requires the mark to turn 3 cups up in 3 moves, show the postman scam in the art of the pickpocket and deceive three professional poker players from The Hendon Mob by bringing in a cold deck and sleight of hand. | |||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 9 March 2006 (9 March 2006) |
| The hustlers sell a hire car over and over again (the hire-car scam), trick a shop owner into accepting counterfeit bills by making them seem like they came from the shop's till (the counterfeit cash con), show how `blue-jacking' phones brings dividends, win a proposition bet that really steals money from a bar by performing a magic trick, pick a pocket using the pinch-push pocket pick, and clone ATM cards by using a card reader to steal bank card data and PINs. | |||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 16 March 2006 (16 March 2006) |
| The team claim compensation for "damaged" goods after orchestrating an accident (the melon drop), reveal real chances of winning at a fruit machine and a cheat to get info about them, use other people's phones to call premium-rate lines (the courier con), propose a proposition bet in a pool hall, steal marks' bags using a larger bag with a false bottom (the booster bag scam) and make unsuspecting drivers pay for false parking tickets (the car park con). | |||
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 23 March 2006 (23 March 2006) |
| They obtain credit cards in a victim's name just from items found in rubbish bins (the i.d. theft hustle), steal valuables by pretending to be lost (the map scam), beg money with a sob story (the sob story scam), bet a pool player with a tricky shot (proposition bet), confuse shopkeepers into giving them too much change (the change raising con) and run tin can alley at a fairground. | |||
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 30 March 2006 (30 March 2006) |
| The hustlers rig a dice game "put and take" (the rigged dice rip off), win a proposition bet involving 3 match boxes, pretend that they have psychic powers (the psychic scam), a pool hustle involving 1 ball stacked on top of two others and a review of the scams throughout the series. |
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