0:00:02 > 0:00:05This is the most successful scam show of all time,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08a hit in 45 countries around the world.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The Real Hustlers have stolen cars...
0:00:16 > 0:00:17It's perfectly safe there.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21..burgled houses...
0:00:23 > 0:00:24..picked...
0:00:26 > 0:00:30..switched and ditched.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31A tenner the lot!
0:00:31 > 0:00:37They've carried out close to 500 scams and stolen over £1 million.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Now they're back for an 11th series.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44With new recruits -
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Their job? To expose the tricks of the criminals' trade
0:00:50 > 0:00:53so that you don't get scammed.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58On tonight's show,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01guest hustler Laura Hamilton claims she's innocent.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06That's my wages. That's all the money I've got. You can search me.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Polly proves she's tops when it comes to winning prop bets.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And that goes in the middle!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15And this guy has a very expensive lunch.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19- It's been scammed.- BLEEP's- sake!
0:02:00 > 0:02:03The hustlers have invited celebrity friends
0:02:03 > 0:02:05to see if they can cut it as con artists,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07but they'll have no clue what the scam is about
0:02:07 > 0:02:12and there are no dress rehearsals, so this is sink or swim.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Tonight's guest hustler is TV presenter
0:02:17 > 0:02:21and Dancing On Ice finalist Laura Hamilton.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen today.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Currently in a park near a pond. It's pretty wet and windy.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40I'm completely in an unknown world here. It's a little bit daunting.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46I'm going to give it my best shot to be a good hustler.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Watching the programme, I often feel really sorry for the mark
0:02:50 > 0:02:54and think, "That's so cruel. How can the hustlers do that to them?"
0:02:54 > 0:02:56The fact I'm going to be doing that myself,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I'm going to feel really evil.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Hello.- Hi.- Good weather for it.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04I thought I'd bring the rain with me.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- How are you? I'm Alex.- Laura. Nice to meet you.- Are you ready for today?
0:03:08 > 0:03:14- I feel really naughty and nervous. - Meeting in a park?- Yeah!
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- What's going to happen? - I'll tell you.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Today you're playing two parts. You're going to help somebody
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- and then you're going to become a victim.- OK...
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- After you become a victim we're going to make a lot of money.- Right.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Come with me.- Any more? - I'll tell you the rest! Let's go.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Let's get out of this rain.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35So to help the hustlers scam that cash,
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Laura's going to have her work cut out in The Honey Trap.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Today the hustlers are operating in an upmarket pub just outside a city centre.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52They park up outside a local hotel and get into position.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Hot on the heels of the hustlers are these guys.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02They're here to buy a second-hand laptop from a stranger.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07This guy's holding the cash and that makes him the mark.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10All right, guys? How are you doing?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The stranger in the bar just happens to be Jazz.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15You've come to get the laptop, right?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19I dropped it this morning and it's given a crack to the screen
0:04:19 > 0:04:22so I don't want to give you that because it's broken.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I don't think I can get it to you today.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29So the laptop's not available yet. Shame.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33What's the mark going to do with the rest of his day and all that money in his pocket?
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- Sorry, guys.- Good luck. - Cheers, guys.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45The mark leaves the bar and walks straight into a bit of a scene.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46JESS SOBS
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- Sorry, can you help me, please? Sorry. I'm having such a- BLEEP- day.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Sorry. Can you help me with my bag?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56It's Jess playing the damsel in distress
0:04:56 > 0:04:59and she clearly needs a helping hand.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Here comes someone else to the rescue. It's Laura.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Are you OK?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Posing as a staff member of the adjoining hotel,
0:05:07 > 0:05:11it's her job to make sure the guys accompany Jess back into the building.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Come inside. Bring her inside. Come on inside.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Job done.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20There's a quiet room if you go in there.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Jess keeps up the waterworks
0:05:23 > 0:05:25and the boys follow Laura into a quiet function room.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- SOBS:.- I'm really sorry.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Everything started falling out my bag.- Are you OK?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- I've just had a shit day. Sorry, have you got everything?- Yeah.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Do you want a glass of water? - Yes, please.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41What else was in there? Was it just these two?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- Can you just help me check that's everything in my bag?- Yeah.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48The mark has no real reason to hang about,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51but being a gent he wants to make sure poor Jess is OK.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54JESS SOBS
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- What happened?- I'm really sorry.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Before he can leave, here come Alex and Paul.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06They're about to make this situation a whole lot more complicated.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07She's in here.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Suzie, are you all right?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12What are you two doing here?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Who are these guys?- This is my boss.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- What are you two doing here? - What are YOU doing here, Suzie?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23These guys obviously mean business.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28- What's your name?- Jane. I'm going to have to go back to work.- Have a seat.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31The mark is trying to work out what he's got himself into.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- What's your name?- James.- Stephen.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36What's wrong? Why are you upset?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Alex and Paul are playing Jess's bosses.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Sounds like they're not very happy about something.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Is that my money in that bag? - I was just taking it to the bank.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Can I count the money in the bag, please, Suzie?- Yeah.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Why are you trying to hide the money?- I'm not.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55We just basically met her outside and picked up...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57The mark doesn't know anything about any money.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Guys, I've got to go back to work. - Just sit there for a second.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Alex makes sure Laura stays put
0:07:04 > 0:07:07as he counts out the money from Jess's bag.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Please, what is going on? I haven't got a clue what's going on.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Nor does he.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18We are £1,570 short.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22OK? Can I look through the rest of your bag, please?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26There's over £1,500 missing from the bar's moneybag
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and Alex suspects Jess's light fingers.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- I don't understand what's going on! - Calm down.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Suzie, I need to look in your bag, sweetheart.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37If the rest of the money is here then something's not right.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- It's not.- Take her over there and give her a handkerchief or something.- Come with me.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- I don't understand.- Calm down. - I don't understand what's happening.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Alex takes Jess away to find out where the missing money is.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55They picked everything up out of my bag and everything was in there.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Wait a minute.- What are you saying? The rest of the money is where?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- You picked everything up. - That's news to him.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- I dropped everything. - So they've got it?
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- So they've got your money?- Did you pick everything up?- We didn't...
0:08:09 > 0:08:12£1,570 short.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17- Hold on.- I've never seen that girl in my life.- Have a seat.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Where do you live?
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- You don't know her at all? - I've never seen her in my life.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34I'm on my break and I've got to get back to work.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35What's that money there?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39It suddenly dawns on the mark that he does have a big wad of cash in his pocket,
0:08:39 > 0:08:44the £1,500 for the laptop. He decides to come clean.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- Have you got money on you?- Yeah. - Have a word with my colleague?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51On that bombshell, Alex takes Laura out of the way,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54leaving Paul to ramp up the pressure.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58How much money have you got on you?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07So you just happen to be here?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- That's a lot of money. - I know.- You just happen to be...
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Yes! That just happens to be there.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28It all sounds a bit too much of a coincidence.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I know you say you don't have it but we need to get to the bottom of this.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Right now hotel worker Laura is being given
0:09:37 > 0:09:40a going-over by Alex in the hallway.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41That's 1,500.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47And this guy's got an awful lot of explaining to do about that cash.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49That's exactly the amount of money that is missing.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52That's a hell of a coincidence.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57He's left wondering what on earth he's got himself into.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02And how he will ever get back out.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19When hustlers go out, they don't take money. They take prop bets.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25The proposition bet has only one rule,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27and that's that the hustler always wins.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Polly is out on the town
0:10:33 > 0:10:36but tonight she isn't going to buy a single drink.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Instead she's going to make her friends buy them for her.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Who wants to bet with me? Yeah?
0:10:43 > 0:10:47OK, if you lose, you have to buy everyone a round of drinks.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51If you win, I'll buy everyone one. Here I have three bottle tops.
0:10:51 > 0:10:58The bet is I want you to get this one in the middle of these two, OK?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00There's a couple of rules.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03This one you can move, touch, do whatever you like with that one.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06This one you can't move, it has to stay there.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- And this one you can't touch. Do you want to give it a whirl?- Sure.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14So this top needs to go in here
0:11:14 > 0:11:19but they can't move this one and they can't touch that one. Eh?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- I can move this one? - Yes, you can touch or move it.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Get it in between.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27That's good but it has to be in between like this.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Actually in between?- Yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34That's quite good but this one moved.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- I give up.- Give up?- Yeah.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42So three, I can move and touch this one.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46This one I can touch but not move. That one I can't touch.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49And that goes in the middle!
0:11:49 > 0:11:54So Polly holds this one, knocks it with that one,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57and moves the bottle top into the resulting gap.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Simple, sort of.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- This time I will have a glass of wine.- Brilliant.- Lovely.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17It's a soggy weekday morning
0:12:17 > 0:12:21and this couple is sheltering from the rain in a cosy caff.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24The guy's got his mobile phone on the table
0:12:24 > 0:12:27and although there isn't a hustler in sight,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30that makes him the mark
0:12:30 > 0:12:34in SMS SOS.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38The mark has just received a text from a mate called Jamie.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Jamie has filled up with petrol and left his wallet at home.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Looks like he needs some help.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Jamie?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Jamie? He must not be able to hear me.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56He tries to ring him.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00No answer but another text.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06And another.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Have you got cash on you?- No.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17They're going to send someone over to the cafe.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I don't have any cash on me.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Check my wallet. I think I've got 12 quid in cash.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Oh, dear.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I've only got 12 quid on me.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41So his mate needs some cash to pay for a petrol bill
0:13:41 > 0:13:43but the mark hasn't got enough on him.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46It's out into the rain to find a cashpoint
0:13:46 > 0:13:49and back into the dry as quickly as possible.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Did you get the money?- Yes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Just in time for someone else's entrance.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58It's a petrol station attendant sent to pick up the cash
0:13:58 > 0:14:02and he looks a lot like Jazz.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- It's to pay for the petrol for... - Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, perfect.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Let me just get the receipt for you. It's for 50. There you go, mate.
0:14:11 > 0:14:1450 quid for his mate's tank of petrol.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Perfect. Nice one. Thanks, pal.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Jazz heads off with the cash and the mark feels
0:14:19 > 0:14:22like he's done a good deed.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25But somehow, this guy having a quiet lunch
0:14:25 > 0:14:29has really been scammed out of his money.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Earlier that morning,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37a clumsy customer knocked his mobile phone onto the floor.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40It was Alex, who'd been sitting right behind the mark at the bar.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44He made sure that the phone smashed right under the couple's table,
0:14:44 > 0:14:45with pieces flying everywhere.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I'm looking for another piece that might have...
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- Sorry. A piece of phone.- Oh, OK.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56No, I think that'll be the end of that one.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00You won't be making calls on that again.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Sorry, I couldn't ask you for a quick favour?
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Could I borrow your phone just to let somebody know that they can't contact me?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11It's just another mobile. Is that all right?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Absolutely.- Thank you. Sorry. - No problem.- Thanks.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17The mark then let Alex use his phone to let a colleague know
0:15:17 > 0:15:19where to find him.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- Do you mind if I send a quick text message? Thank you. - No problem at all.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Unable to reach him, Alex then asked to send a text instead.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I think I've done it. I've deleted it so you don't have to have any...
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Oh, don't worry.- Thank you.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- OK.- Thanks.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Alex then returned the mark's phone
0:15:35 > 0:15:39and headed upstairs to wait for his business partner.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44So what really happened?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I couldn't ask you...? To borrow your phone...?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49When he got hold of the mark's phone,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53he actually called his own perfectly intact phone in his pocket
0:15:53 > 0:15:56in order to find out the mark's phone number...
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Do you mind if I send a quick text message?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- They might be on the train. Thank you.- No problem at all.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05..and instead of texting, he looked up a recent call,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08in this case, the mark's mate, Jamie.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Then he deleted Jamie's phone number and replaced it with his own phone number.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- I think I have done it. I've deleted it, so you don't have to have any...- Oh, don't worry.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21From this point on, he could sit upstairs texting the mark
0:16:21 > 0:16:24from his phone, and it would look as if it was coming from Jamie.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And the mark's fate was sealed.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Once Jazz had collected the money, Alex made his exit.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Slowly, the light bulb comes on in the mark's head.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42WOMAN SPEAKS, INDISTINCT
0:16:42 > 0:16:44..15, 20 minutes.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46What's Jamie's number?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51HE SIGHS
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I've just been scammed. The guy that picked my phone up,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59he changed Jamie's number. That's why he didn't pick the phone up.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02BLEEP!
0:17:04 > 0:17:07The guy's unlucky, dropped his phone, it's smashed.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10He's in trouble, needs to borrow someone's phone.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11I didn't think anything of it at all.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I saw him dart out of the cafe just after,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18and that was when I thought something suspicious happened.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21I got my girlfriend to check her phone number
0:17:21 > 0:17:23and compare it with the number in my phone. It was different,
0:17:23 > 0:17:27and that was when I thought, "Oh, something's not right here."
0:17:27 > 0:17:29You hear about it but it's not something
0:17:29 > 0:17:31you think will happen to yourself,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34so I was quite shocked and angry and upset about it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40This is a devious little scam.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43The mark believes he's helping other people out -
0:17:43 > 0:17:46first Alex with his broken phone and then his mate,
0:17:46 > 0:17:47who's stuck at a petrol station.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Never give anyone access to your Smartphone.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52If there is an emergency, dial the number yourself
0:17:52 > 0:17:54and watch as they use the phone.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58More importantly, if someone contacts you looking for money
0:17:58 > 0:18:01or assistance, and you can't speak to them directly,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05there's a good chance someone is hiding behind their identity.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09We store our lives on our smart phones. They're not just telephones.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11We very often have banking details,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14personal information on there that's really important,
0:18:14 > 0:18:15and you need to protect that
0:18:15 > 0:18:18and look after that information and keep it close to you.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21The best advice is never to let a stranger
0:18:21 > 0:18:23have access to your phone in that way.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Dial a number for them by all means
0:18:25 > 0:18:29but don't hand over control of your life to a stranger.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Are you OK?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Earlier today, TV presenter Laura Hamilton helped Jess
0:18:42 > 0:18:45put this mark in a very sticky situation.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51- SOBBING:- I don't understand what's going on...- Suzie, I need to look at your bag, sweetheart.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Jess stands accused of stealing bar takings from bosses Alex and Paul
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and has pointed the finger at the mark.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Where's the money?- I don't know.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Though he's totally innocent,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05he's actually carrying a very incriminating £1,500.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- That's a lot of money.- I know.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And he thinks he's in deep, deep trouble
0:19:10 > 0:19:13in The Honey Trap, part two.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19- Just have a seat for me, will you? - Laura comes back into the room.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Give me a second, will you?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- This is Paul's cue to leave. - Suzie, please just stay there.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27It's Laura's big moment.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Guys, look, I don't know what's going on but whatever they say,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32just do, because I'm, like...
0:19:32 > 0:19:34SHE SIGHS
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Yeah, I don't think we want to kind of mess with them. I'm just like...
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Right now, Laura is alone with the mark and his mate.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46She's been sent in to convince him that the hustlers mean business.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49And the mark isn't arguing.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51All right. I need to count this.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Yeah, that's fine.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- I'm sorry to...- Here. - No, it's fine...
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- ..but this money does not belong to Suzie. It belongs to...- Yeah, yeah.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04The guys return and Alex makes a big show
0:20:04 > 0:20:06of counting the mark's cash.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10He's convinced it's the cash that Jess has stolen from them.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12The mark can't believe what's happening.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21That's 1,500. Plus the 70 from you. That's 1,570.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25That's exactly the amount of money that is missing.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- It's a hell of a coincidence, isn't it?- I know it is...
0:20:29 > 0:20:32How are they going to resolve this terrible situation?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Boys, I've got to call the police, no matter what happens here.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Yeah, that is fine. That is absolutely fine.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40All right. Let me, um...
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Have a word with her for me, will you?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Do you want to tell me now where the money is?- I told you,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51that's it! I haven't got it in my bag! That'll be it, there.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53I haven't got it. Look. That'll be it.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- We're missing a lot of money. - Yeah, but I dropped everything.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58They probably just picked it up.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Jess is still claiming that money came from her handbag.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05As you've got all this money, I've got to check it - understand?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07No, that makes sense.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Looking more nervous by the second, the mark has no choice but to agree
0:21:11 > 0:21:13to allow Paul to check the cash.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Just tell me honestly, you did not get this money from her?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18100%. That is my wages.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Laura's protesting her innocence too.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- Can you take a photograph of this? - Yeah.- I'll take a photo of some of these serial numbers.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Yeah.- We've got all the serial numbers back at the office.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31There is a way to sort this out.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Alex is going to check the serial numbers of the mark's notes
0:21:34 > 0:21:37against ones they've photographed back at the office.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40As they already suspected Jess of stealing,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43it was a trap they set for her.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Right, keep all the money together just now, if you don't mind.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51All the cash - Jess's, Laura's and the mark's, goes into the same bag.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56So, what I'll do is...
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Why don't you come with me? You stay with the money.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03OK? It'll take about ten minutes, and then we'll come back and sort this out.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04How does that sound?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- All right. - So the mark comes to the bar
0:22:07 > 0:22:10and Laura watches the cash.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11In fact...
0:22:12 > 0:22:18- What does she have - 70?- 70.- All right, why don't YOU come with us?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20This is your money. You stay with your money.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23No - change of plan. The mark had the most cash,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27so it's only fair he stays with the blue money bag.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I didn't take it. They've probably got... That's it on the table there!
0:22:30 > 0:22:33As Laura and the other hustlers leave,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Paul has a few reassuring words for the mark.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Listen...- Yeah. - She's done this before.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- She's dropped people right in it. - Yeah, yeah.- OK?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Thing is, there's nobody to back it up.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- But we've taken a record of everything she took out.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51She went nowhere near the bank and we saw her drop it off.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- Promise me you'll be here in ten minutes.- Yeah!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57All right, we'll be right back.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58I want your word on it.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Paul makes the mark shake on it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06The mark breathes a sigh of relief.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Hopefully, this whole mess will be sorted out soon,
0:23:09 > 0:23:13and after all, he's been left looking after all the cash.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18The mark waits...
0:23:22 > 0:23:23..and waits...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32..and waits.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35There's no sign of the hustlers returning, and the mark
0:23:35 > 0:23:38is starting to tear his hair out.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52But he's still too scared to touch the money bag.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00A full hour of waiting later, the mark has had enough,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03and he has a look inside the money bag.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08There's the envelope, but it contains precisely £0 sterling.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12No.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- How did this happen? - Here's what he didn't see.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Earlier today, Jazz scouted the area for the laptop deal.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28As well as a bar, he wanted a quiet room nearby, just like this one.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36He then stashed a blue money bag on the table.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Later on, when Alex counted the mark's cash,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45it went into an identical blue bag.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Whilst the mark was stressing out, Alex switched one blue bag
0:24:51 > 0:24:57for the other, concealing the one with the cash inside the newspaper.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Why don't you come with me? You stay with the money.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Suzie, come on, in the car.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07The hustlers walked out with all the mark's money...
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I want your word on it.
0:25:09 > 0:25:14..leaving him looking after nothing but a load of worthless newspaper.
0:25:16 > 0:25:23But by this time, the hustlers were long gone, along with his £1,500.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Finally, computer salesman Jazz was picked up just around the corner
0:25:32 > 0:25:36and the getaway was complete.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I was scared. I thought, "How will anyone believe me about the money?"
0:25:41 > 0:25:45I was terrified. I was like, "I'll co-operate fully with these guys,"
0:25:45 > 0:25:47and I didn't want to leave, because I thought,
0:25:47 > 0:25:51"I'm not having these people after me," and stuff like that.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I think you need to be careful and check your money
0:25:54 > 0:25:55and stuff like that.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58When the cash was being counted on the table,
0:25:58 > 0:26:03I kept looking over at the guys and I could see they were really scared.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09My heart was really racing and I was pretty scared, too.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I just felt like I was totally in the situation
0:26:12 > 0:26:17and really felt for them. I really think they thought if they don't
0:26:17 > 0:26:20give the money over, something was going to happen to them.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I think people that actually do this for work in the real world
0:26:23 > 0:26:25quite clearly have no morals.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29I mean, the boys were genuinely feeling for Jess.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33They wanted to help her, comfort her, pick her bits and pieces up,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37and yet... You know, when someone's good-natured
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and you play on that... It's a pretty nasty thing to do.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Please don't let this scam put you off helping someone in distress.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50There's nothing wrong with a good deed,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53but when you're suddenly faced with a demand for cash,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56then you should know that all is not as it seems.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59If anyone tries to pressure you into handing over your money,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02you have the right to walk away or call the police for assistance.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Consider that the entire situation
0:27:04 > 0:27:09may have been orchestrated just to separate you from your cash.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12The best advice is call the police. You can't know what's going on
0:27:12 > 0:27:15in this argument - you can't get beneath the surface.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Let the professionals deal with it.
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