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Episode 2

Pop Idol's Gareth Gates plays the role of a stock market trader in a bogus business scam, while new recruits Polly and Jazz join up to con a businessman out of his possessions.

Hustlers Jess Clement, Alexis Conran and Paul Wilson have recruited two new faces to help them expose cons and crimes that catch the public out on a daily basis. Novice hustlers Polly Parsons and Jazz Lintott have to learn the art of deception in record time, as they join the original trio and help them carry out the most devious scams to date.

Pop Idol finalist Gareth Gates must overcome his speech difficulties to play the role of a stock market trader. Along with the hustlers he must persuade a victim that she's dealing with a legitimate financial company claiming to have advance information about share prices. Can they persuade the mark to invest in their bogus business?

Polly and Jazz join up to con a businessman out of his possessions. Whilst the mark does a good deed for the damsel in distress, his laptop disappears from right under his nose.

30 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Alexis Conran
Presenter Alexis Conran
Presenter Paul Wilson
Presenter Paul Wilson
Presenter Jessica-Jane Clement
Presenter Jessica-Jane Clement
Presenter Polly Parsons
Presenter Polly Parsons
Presenter Jazz Lintott
Presenter Jazz Lintott
Narrator Tom Oldham
Narrator Tom Oldham
Executive Producer Matt Crook
Executive Producer Matt Crook
Executive Producer Andrew Newman
Executive Producer Andrew Newman
Executive Producer Anthony Owen
Executive Producer Anthony Owen
Series Producer Martin Turner
Series Producer Martin Turner

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