The Superpower of the Conman | Alexis Conran | TEDxBerlin

As a charismatic and engaging keynote and after-dinner speaker, Alexis employs his knowledge of the dark and deceptive world of hustling, pickpockets and con-artists to speak candidly on the risks and security threats constantly faced by businesses, and to deliver important messages on the shrewdest ways to protect against the ever-increasing number of scams. His recent clients include IBM, the RSA Security Conference, Experian, RBS, Halifax, Aviva, Facebook, Porsche, VISA, The Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police Fraud in Action Unit.

Alexis currently hosts his own weekly show, The Radio Hustle on Talk Radio and co-stars in the new Dave show THE JOY OF TECHS, alongside his best friend, comedian, actor and satirist, Marcus Brigstocke. He also contributes to ITV’s This Morning and BBC Radio 4 and 5Live, and was crowned champion of Celebrity MasterChef 2016.

[mogbaba]

The best TED Talk ever, for me. He is a real CON man, look at his name!

[alexgoslar]

Thank you Alexis for holding up a mirror that reflects our ignorance. A good lesson.

[sunnysmiles]

1. Misdirection (esp pickpockets)
2. Time pressure (urgency)
3. Opportunity (good deal syndrome-something for nothing )
4. Social compliance (fooled by authority badges/symbols)
5. Social proof (looking to others to cue behavior)
In todays tech/social media world, consider that anything we read could be considered propaganda until fact checked.

[amandawittenstein]

There’s a simple fix for the keypad issue. Always drag your fingers over any keypad you use after you’ve used it. This negates UV activated lights, heat sensing, fingerprints, any sort of keypad that can be used to pick up your information, just drag your fingers over after you’ve finished using it. Particularly useful for stuck ATM card scams.

[yourfavoriteportuguese]

A conman is good in telling stories

Starts telling a story

[Jarrettfan]

At 0:58 he switched his hands. He let go, pointed to a lady, put his hands together again but changed the position of his hands.

[beboplaplace]

I've always liked Alex and Paul and Jess from the real hustle and always loved how they showed the gears of the cons and scams. Huge fan and hope we can see more from all 3 of them.

[JP-qbqx]

Brilliant. This is the 11th best Ted Talk we have been waiting for years.

[anythinginteresting]

Man spent 19mins just to say KNOWLEDGE is a SUPERPOWER and we all felt for it 😭... Pro con this one..

[randomcommenter]

He did a magic trick then told us people can be manipulated. Didn’t learn much, but the lecture was engaging and he had me conned until I realized this. TED itself is often a glorified con but fortunately I don’t have anything to lose by watching their videos since I’m trying to distract myself on YouTube anyways

[fabriziofederico]

5 persuasion tactics:
Misdirection
Time pressure
Opportunity
Social compliance
Social proof
Bernie Madoff

[tarponjohn]

to be honest with you ...excellent sense of humour ...great

[oobrocks]

My gf is a con artist….I kept hoping she would change but she doesn’t. Don’t follow my mistake 😢

[thecrazymuzician]

My heart goes out to all of his survivors. I’m glad that his face is public now.

[macallanvintage]

Con artists exist only because of human’s GREED.

[brettkeane]

His last name is "Con Ran" he was born for this

[victoriaollier]

I love Alex. Used to watch The Real
Hustle religiously 😂

[mohamednoor]

that was the shortest 18 minutes of all my life

[Santu]

incomplete Donna Eden´s energy technique that we all did as children intuitively. 1min13. Then he untwists his arms and leaves audience hanging. to complete the little energy technique bring your arms in to your chest from underneath with hands this clasped, breathe several times and enjoy the tangible effect of having untangled a few energies.

[brasileirokubrusly]

only 4k likes, but one of my favourite TEDxs