Series 9 (Celebrity Scammers)
| No | # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77 | "Episode 1" | 29 July 2010 (29 July 2010) |
| Singer Matt Willis helps Paul and Alex rob a jewellery store using a variety of disguises and deceptions (The Jewellery Store Heist); Jess demonstrates how to make two lines of four coins using six coins in total (Proposition Bets); and a laptop user is asked to pay £200 to stop his files being deleted by a piece of malware planted by Jess (The High Speed Hijack). | |||
| 2 | 78 | "Episode 2" | 29 July 2010 (29 July 2010) |
| Dancer Brendan Cole joins with a betting scam for an unlicenced boxing match (The Knockout); Paul demonstrates how to get many more drops of wine out of a seemingly empty bottle (Proposition Bets); and a Mercedes is stolen from a second-hand car dealership with the help of some fake keys (The Car Dealer). | |||
| 3 | 79 | "Episode 3" | 5 August 2010 (5 August 2010) |
| Presenter Zöe Salmon helps pull off a scam that rips off both the buyers and sellers of a car by posing as Department of Transport staff (The Double Whammy); Alex lifts a glass using a balloon (Proposition Bets); and Jess uses details gained from recycled mobile phones to give fake psychic readings (The Phony Psychic Scam). | |||
| 4 | 80 | "Episode 4" | 12 August 2010 (12 August 2010) |
| The hustlers set up a fake auction with the help of presenter Lisa Snowdon (The Art Attack); Jess demonstrates a bet involving shot glasses of whisky and water (Proposition Bets); and Paul and Alex pose as clerks of the court to persuade a businessman to pay a fine for ignoring non-existent letters summoning him for jury duty (The Jury Duty Scam). | |||
| 5 | 81 | "Episode 5" | 19 August 2010 (19 August 2010) |
| Singer Antony Costa poses as a dodgy import drinks wholesaler, and the rest of the hustlers as Trading Standards staff, to rip off some buyers in a fake sting operation (Under the Influence); Alex bets he can blow over a bottle without touching it (Proposition Bets); and the hustlers cut satellite cables and then ask for credit card details to reconnect the users (The Satellite Switchoff). | |||
| 6 | 82 | "Episode 6" | 26 August 2010 (26 August 2010) |
| Singer Kelli Young poses as a cleaner in a scam involving an expensive painting ruined in a photoshoot (Done and Dusted); Jess demonstrates a proposition bet involving coins laid out in the shape of a triangle (Proposition Bets); and the hustlers promise tax refunds in exchange for identity and bank details (The Tax Man Scam). | |||
| 7 | 83 | "Episode 7" | 3 September 2010 (3 September 2010) |
| Actor Ben Hull helps in a scam involving fake car dealers and the government scrappage scheme (The Scrap Trap); Alex uses suction to invert a matchbox (Proposition Bets); and the hustlers add a hidden scanner to a paper shredder, allowing them to copy confidential documents just before they are destroyed (The Shred). | |||
| 8 | 84 | "Episode 8" | 10 September 2010 (10 September 2010) |
| Singer Jonathan Ansell helps persuade some marks that to take part in a fake audition, where they need to pay for a work visa (The Audition); Paul uses eleven matches to make just nine (Proposition Bets); and the hustlers set up a fake fraud hotline and use it to gather credit card details, plus show how the right equipment can be used to eavesdrop on digital cordless telephones (The Telecoms Con). | |||
| 9 | 85 | "Episode 9" | 17 September 2010 (17 September 2010) |
| Actress Abi Titmuss poses as a lawyer to help persuade some marks that they have inherited a large amount of money (The Inheritance); Paul demonstrates a proposition bet involving a matchbox (Proposition Bets); and Alex and Paul pose as engineers to install a fake security system in a student house, but are really casing the joint and copying the keys so that they can later burgle it (The Scareware Scam). | |||
| 10 | 86 | "Episode 10" | 17 September 2010 (17 September 2010) |
| Actor Rob Kazinsky plays the part of a chauffeur to help part some marks from their cash while delivering some jewellery (The Diamond Geezer); Alex demonstrates a proposition bet involving a glass, credit card, matchbox and coin (Proposition Bets); and Jess allows customers to try on "eternity bracelets" which then lock shut and have to be paid for (The Together Forever Scam). The episode ends with some outtakes from the series.. |
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