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does anyone ele watch this it is on on challenge at arround 10:00pm

Also on Player (Sky channel 123) on Sunday mornings. I recorded last Sunday's programmes but haven't watched them yet.

they're great I'm addicted to them

Never actually seen it but there were two people caught cheatin at my local a few weeks back(they have a poker drive every friday). They were given quite a beating out the back of the club. Im not allowed to play though they know i can cheat if I want to. Not that I do but i sometimes show them a few moves after the games are over(I dont show them how to do them of course) just like to give them a wee show you know. I only do it if I aint too drunk by then too(90% of the time i am). Just thought id share that with you all

The Real Hustle is quite good

Yeah I love the real hustle too.
Did you see the last one where they used big sticks to poke through peoples letterboxes to catch keys and wallets and then they let themselves into their cars and houses and took pictures and left messages?
It would be funny to see the occupants go downstairs in the morning and find a pic of a random girl taken in their hall and they have no idea who it is. I think it was the producers houses cause they wouldn't be that daring

Yeah, i did see that, it was on last night! The letterbox scam was really good. I can't help but think that the show is just going to give people ideas

I liked the cashpoint robbery, where the thief pulls out a wallet with a huge selection of bank cards

yeah I can't help thinking its going to give people ideas as well. Jess letting herself into the house and taking a pic in the hall was a bit cheeky -like when Paul went round pretending to be a delivery guy in the first series and said there was a delivery charge of £20 for packages with second hand books in and after a while he got a bit cocky and started asking for £40 and he made like £80 in less than a hour.
I suppose its good if its going to make people more aware of scams.

It amazes me when I watch The Real Hustle why no one asks, "Listen love, no offence, but do I look like I've just fallen off a Christmas tree?" to see what happens

I mean, if a disproportionatly well turned-out woman starts getting friendly, and you know you're a bit of a troll in any light - it's a scam!

Mind you, I was out with a mate nce and a bloke wanted a twenty off him because he'd lost his train ticket. He swore he'd post it back. So my mate said that if he didn't, he'd want to punch the man in anger, so he could have the money and save a stamp if my mate could smack him one now. Oddly, the man declined. Oddly enough, he left the pub rather thantrying another table...

I witnesed another scam bust quite a few years ago when a man tried to get a barmaid into a muddle by doing the old "recursive change" routine. After a few confusing denomination changes, she realised what was happening, threw threw his change over the pub floor, told him loudly to pick it up and then get out. My, how we laughed as we scurried to pocket his change and return it to her once he'd gone.

R Paul Wilson is at a bit of a disadvantage anyway...how does he know the person he's trying to scam isn't a magician? I don't think they'll be able to go on doing it much longer, people will surely start to recognise them more and more.

But yeah, sadly enough it's one of my TV highlights of the week! A great watch!

And wouldn't everyone know who they are from series one? and the scams they pull off aren't magic tricks but they involve techniques used by magicians like misdirection, psychology and sleight of hand.

Misanthropy wrote:-like when Paul went round pretending to be a delivery guy in the first series and said there was a delivery charge of £20 for packages with second hand books in and after a while he got a bit cocky and started asking for £40 and he made like £80 in less than a hour.

That's an easy one! The sender pays, not the recipient, unless it's import duty.

Ask for ID and tell them to come back in two hours while you check it out with their boss, to either retrieve the ID and get their money, or be met by a policeman.

That wasn't a question btw Tomo it was just me saying I thought it was funny he went around asking for money for packages and then getting greedy and upping the delivery charge by £20 each time Do you know what sort of permission they have to get to pull off the scams and not get arrested?

I think they also have to have releases for everyone they show too, so the victims must have to be okay about it in the end.

Misanthropy wrote:and the scams they pull off aren't magic tricks

Should have been a bit clearer! I meant if you were in the street and he Paul came up to you dressed as a bin man you'd know something was afoot!